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# kingdom

noun (a kingdom, kingdoms)

«kingdom» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A kingdom is a country ruled by a king or queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#m1)
2. In science, a kingdom is one of the biggest groups living things are sorted into, like the animal kingdom or the plant kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#m2)
3. A kingdom can be an area that belongs to someone, like «the kitchen is Dad's kingdom». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#m3)
4. A kingdom can also be a large group of things of the same kind, such as the mineral kingdom, which includes all the metals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history and fairy tales kingdoms have castles, kings and queens; in science classification, living things are sorted from kingdom down to species. Phrases: «the United Kingdom», «the animal kingdom», «plant kingdom», «a magical kingdom».

### Examples

- The king ruled a large kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#x1)
- The United Kingdom has a king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#x2)
- Lions belong to the animal kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#x3)
- Mushrooms are in the fungi kingdom, not the plant kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#x4)
- The princess saved the kingdom from the dragon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#x5)
- Long ago, England had several small kingdoms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#x6)
- The garden shed is Grandad's kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#x7)
- My father reigned over six kingdoms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/#x8)

### Note

Countable. King + -dom (realm). Capital letters for names: the United Kingdom. Trap: fungi are not plants; scientists put them in their own kingdom.

## In Jewish tradition

God calls Israel "a kingdom of priests," meaning a people set apart to serve God and teach others. In the prophets and writings, a kingdom is also the realm of a human king, like Solomon's, and the great powers of the nations are called kingdoms.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as Israel's mission to live in holiness and to be an example to the world. The prophets are read as saying that the kingdoms of the nations will one day answer to God.

### Examples

- and ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. (Torah EXO.19.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kingdom/#x1)
- And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Torah GEN.10.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kingdom/#x2)
- all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. — (Torah DEU.3.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kingdom/#x3)
- And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. (Prophets 1KI.1.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kingdom/#x4)
- And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. (Prophets 1KI.2.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kingdom/#x5)
- Hark, the uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kingdom/#x6)

### Note

Countable. King + -dom (realm). Capital letters for names: the United Kingdom. Trap: fungi are not plants; scientists put them in their own kingdom.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kingdom» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingdom/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kingdom» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kingdom.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «kingdom» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kingdom/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kingdom» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/kingdom.html) on Mova free.