kingdom

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This kingdom is to be an eternal kingdom: “He will reign for ever and ever.”

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  1. noun A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign.
  2. noun The eternal spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ.
  3. noun The realm of this sovereignty.

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  • [28] But the whole tenor and atmosphere of the Gospels, the uniqueness of Christ's personality, His claim to heal disease and forgive sin, as well as the conditions of entrance, imply clearly that in Jesus' own view the kingdom was an actual fact inaugurated by Him and obtaining its meaning and power from His own person and influence. —  Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics
  • This kingdom is his inheritance. —  Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home"
  • He found his opportunity amid the appalling anarchy into which the kingdom was then plunged as a result of a wrong and an ill judged attempt to right it Good King Robert the Wise had wrested the crown of Naples from his elder brother, the King of Hungary, and had ruled as a usurper. —  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
  • Every afternoon the messenger of the king rode up and down the city streets proclaiming, "The princess of our kingdom is the most beautiful princess in all the world The prince remembered the beautiful princess who had let him out of the giant's cave. —  Tales of Giants from Brazil
  • The Great Council of the kingdom was a gathering of the nobles, bishops, and abbots summoned by the king from time to time for advice and participation in the more important work of government. —  An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English cyningdōm : cyning, king; see king + -dōm, -dom.

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  1. from Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Anglo-Saxon cyningdōm (= Old Saxon kuningdōm = Middle Dutch koninkdom, Dutch koningdom = German königthum = Icelandic konungdōmr = Danish kongedömme = Swedish konungadöme), kingly power, from cyning, king, + dōm, jurisdiction: see king and -dom. This word has taken the place of Middle English kinedom, from Anglo-Saxon cynedom, a kingdom.
 

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/ˈkɪŋdəm/
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