kingdoms

Noun

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

1. A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
   • In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167

   Synonyms:

   kingship

2. A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
   • the kingdom of thought

   Synonyms:

   kingric

3. A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
   • The Organized and inorganized kingdoms are distinguished from each other by peculiarities of chemical composition, of form and structure, and of actions or functions.1839, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica

   Synonyms:

   regnum