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Vegetable kingdom | Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd[=o]m. See 2d {King}, and {-dom}.] 1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy. [1913 Webster] Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv. 13. [1913 Webster] When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. --2 Chron. xxi. 4. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology, the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for classification. ``The animal and vegetable kingdoms.'' --Locke. [1913 Webster +PJC] {Animal kingdom}. See under {Animal}. {Kingdom of God}. (a) The universe. (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign. (c) The authority or dominion of God. {Mineral kingdom}. See under {Mineral}. {United Kingdom}. See under {United}. {Vegetable kingdom}. See under {Vegetable}. Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain. [1913 Webster] |
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