Definition of kingdom Kingdom

/kɪˈŋdʌm/ - [kingdum] - king•dom

We found 16 definitions of kingdom from 6 different sources.

What does kingdom mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: kingdoms
kingdom - the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
		taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group animal or plant group having natural relations
		animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
		kingdom monera, kingdom prokaryotae, monera, prokayotae prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
		kingdom protoctista, protoctista in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
		phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
		kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
kingdom - the domain ruled by a king or queen
		realm
		demesne, domain, land (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
kingdom - a country with a king as head of state
		country, state, land the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
kingdom - a basic group of natural objects
		group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
kingdom - a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
		monarchy an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
kingdom - a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
		land, realm
		arena, domain, orbit, area, sphere, field a playing field where sports events take place

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Wiktionary

kingdom (Noun)
A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
kingdom (Noun)
A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

kingdom (n.)
The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
kingdom (n.)
The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.
kingdom (n.)
An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

kingdom
A monarchy having as it's supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
kingdom
A taxon in either (historically) the highest rank, or (in the new three-domain system) the rank below domain. Each kingdom is divided into smaller groups called phyla (or in some contexts these are called "divisions").

Wikipedia

A kingdom is a country with a king or queen. The type of government is a Monarchy.kingdom can also be part of the [seven levels of classification]
biology
Kingdom is the highest rank used in the biological taxonomy of all organisms. Each kingdom is split into phyla.

Monera - the most simple living things.

Protista - bacteria with only one cell.

Fungi - mushrooms, mold and other fungi.

Plantae - all plants, such as trees and grass.

Animalia - all animals, including people.

Kingdom is the king in the mneomic, or a saying to help a person remember something, King Phillip Came Over For Great Spaghetti.

Summary.

Sometimes entries in the table, which are next to each other, do not match perfectly. For example, Haeckel placed the red algae (Haeckel's Florideae; modern Florideophyceae) and blue-green algae (Haeckel's Archephyta; modern Cyanobacteria) in his Plantae, but in modern classifications they are considered protists and bacteria respectively. However, despite this and other failures of equivalence, the table gives a useful simplification.