kindom

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/ˈkɪndəm/

noun

Synonym of kingdom.

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nounkindom (plural kindoms)

plural kindoms

  1. YorkshireobsoleteSynonym of kingdom.

    § 221. -dom < [dəm], e.g. [frīdəm] freedom; [kindəm] kingdom; [wizdəm] wisdom.

    [1933, Harold Orton, The Phonology of a South Durham Dialect: Descriptive, Historical, and Comparative, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, page 112
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    […] for tea brews and surkelates moar mischeef amang t'nabaz, then all't ale thear iz it kindom put tagether […]

    1839, Tom Treddlehoyle [pseudonym: Charles Rogers], Sum Thowts Abaght "Nan Bunt's" Chresmas Tea Party, Bairnsla Feastin', A Owd Maid's Pockit, an Tom Treddlehoyle's Lament, Barnsley, Yorkshire: J. Ray, page 16

    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.

    1885, William Hall Burnett, “An Awd Man's Confession”, in William Hall Burnett, editor, Broad Yorkshire, being poems and sketches from the writings of Castillo and others, 2nd edition, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., page 15

    Synonyms: kingdom

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nounkindom (plural kindoms)

plural kindoms

  1. neologismlifestyleA divinely-instituted egalitarian community.

    Jesus continued, "What does the kindom [KJV kingdome] of God resemble? To what will I liken it? […]

    1994, Priests for Equality, The Inclusive New Testament, Altamira Press, →ISBN, Luke 13:18, page 126
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    The assumption will of be that the concretization of God's kindom always involves an oikonomia or household.

    2002, Michael Crosby, The Prayer that Jesus Taught Us, Orbis Books, →ISBN, page 97

    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.

    2019 July 29, Catherine Maresca, “The Pearl and the Hidden Treasure”, in Violence and Nonviolence in Scripture: Helping Children Understand Challenging Stories, Liturgy Training Publications, →ISBN, page 24

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of kingdom.

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Origin

kindom · noun

  1. Old Englishcynedōm“authority, kingdom”
  2. Middle Englishkinedom
  3. Englishkindom

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

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kindom · noun

From kin (“relatives”) + -dom as a more egalitarian or gender-neutral alternative to kingdom.

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“kindom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kindom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindom.

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