kingdom

n. country or government which is ruled by a king or queen; domain, sphere, area or field which is independently controlled (i.e. kingdom of the mind); taxonomic division of the highest rank

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) land, realm
(hypernym) sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
(hyponym) lotusland, lotus land
2. a country with a king as head of state
(hypernym) country, state, land
(hyponym) Israel
3. the domain ruled by a king or queen
(synonym) realm
(hypernym) domain, demesne, land
(hyponym) Numidia
4. a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
(hypernym) monarchy
5. one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
(hypernym) taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
(hyponym) Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
(member-meronym) phylum
6. a basic group of natural objects
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) mineral 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.
  

(n.)
The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
  

(n.)
An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom.
  

Within the Society for Creative Anachronism , the administration and leadership of the territorial divisions are referred to as ‘kingdoms’, although SCA law states clearly that these divisions have no bearing on any mundane rule, law or authority. Each kingdom, geographically bound, has developed specific cultural practices that give each a unique identity. Each kingdom, ruled by a king and the greater officers of the kingdom (Seneschal , Marshal , Exchequer, Chronicler) and their deputies, is broken down into further divisions--principalities , baronys , shires , colleges and marches. Each of the SCA kingdoms is given below in the order of precedence:
- West Kingdom: The oldest SCA kingdom, founded in 1968, now comprising Northern California, part of Nevada,
- Alaska, Japan, and Australia.
- East Kingdom: The northern part of the eastern seaboard of the United States, including New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine.
- Middle Kingdom: The north-central part of the United States, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota
and part of Canada.
- Atenveldt: The southwest portion of the US, east of the Sierra mountains. New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, primarily, but
also extending into Mexico.
- Caid: Southern California, Las Vegas, Hawaii and New Zealand.
- An-Tir: Washington, Oregon and part of Canada.
- Calontir: The central part of the US: Missouri, Iowa, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska.
- Trimaris: Florida
- Atlantia
- Meridies
- Outlands: Colorado, part of Utah.
- Dracenvald: Europe.

Kingdom(s) In natural history, a large group, department, or domain, marked off from others by characteristic qualities, three being generally recognized: animal, vegetable, and mineral, with mankind at the summit of the animal kingdom. Ancient thought as a whole, however, took account of vast spheres of cosmic inner space and inner consciousness inhabited by numerous hierarchies of all-various evolving, intelligent, and semi-intelligent beings. Hence it is that mankind was a separate kingdom; and, if we consider human nature as a whole, humanity is more sharply distinguished from the lower kingdoms than they are from each other. To these four in theosophy are added three kingdoms below the mineral called elemental kingdoms, thus making a septenate. Above the human may be enumerated three dhyani-chohanic or god kingdoms, but the word "man" has often been used so as to include these kingdoms. These divisions correspond to the other septenary and denary divisions in the cosmos.
The more highly each kingdom is specialized along its peculiar lines, the more sharply is it differentiated from the other kingdoms; but the distinction tends to disappear and merge into a continuity when the entities in the different kingdoms are in an elementary or germinal stage. The entities in any kingdom higher than the lowest must pass in brief recapitulation through all the stages represented by the preceding kingdoms, before they can develop the features characteristic of their own kingdom.
In another sense, kingdom is sometimes used in theosophy to signify the life-waves circling around a planetary chain, or the various individualized hierarchies in universal nature, each one comprising the kingdom or domain of its own characteristic species, topped by its hierarch.