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kindom

noun
/ˈkɪndəm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English kinedom, kynedom, from Old English cynedōm (“authority, kingdom”), from cyne- (“royal”) + -dōm (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Scots kinrick.

  1. inherited from cynedōm — “authority, kingdom”
  2. inherited from kinedom

Definitions

  1. Synonym of kingdom.

    • […] for tea brews and surkelates moar mischeef amang t'nabaz, then all't ale thear iz it kindom put tagether […]
    • An' Ah thought when Ah eeard em pray, the kindom of ivven had come, / An' the divvel wad hev ti emigrate ti sum pleeace where he'd hev mair rum.
    • § 221. -dom < [dəm], e.g. [frīdəm] freedom; [kindəm] kingdom; [wizdəm] wisdom.

  2. A divinely-instituted egalitarian community.

    • Jesus continued, "What does the kindom [KJV kingdome] of God resemble? To what will I liken it? […]
    • The assumption will of be that the concretization of God's kindom always involves an oikonomia or household.
    • But this is not the Kindom of God that Jesus proclaimed. Let us consider the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price. The Kindom involves both search and surprise.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA