KINGDOM


Meaning of KINGDOM in English

king ‧ dom /ˈkɪŋdəm/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . a country ruled by a king or queen:

the United Kingdom

kingdom of

the kingdom of Thailand

2 . the animal/plant/mineral kingdom one of the three parts into which the natural world is divided

3 . the kingdom of heaven/God ( also God’s kingdom ) heaven

4 . kingdom come informal a phrase used to describe the end of the world, death, or the end of time:

He left the gas on and nearly blew us all to kingdom come.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.