Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for KING'DOM
KING'DOM, n. [king and dom, jurisdiction.]
- The territory or country subject to a king; an undivided territory under the dominion of a king or monarch. The foreign possessions of a king are not usually included in the term kingdom. Thus we speak of the kingdom of England, of France or of Spain, without including the East or West Indies.
- The inhabitants or population subject to a king. The whole kingdom was alarmed.
- In natural history, a division; as, the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.
- A region; a tract; the place where any thing prevails and holds sway; as, the watery kingdom. – Shak.
- In Scripture, the government or universal dominion of God. – 1 Chron. xxix. Ps. cxlv.
- The power of supreme administration. – 1 Sam. xviii.
- A princely nation or state. Ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests. – Ex. xix.
- Heaven. – Matth. xxvi.
- State of glory in heaven. – Matth. v.
- The reign of the Messiah. – Matth. iii.
- Government; rule; supreme administration.
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