A kingdom is a sovereign state instituting a monarchy A monarchy is a form of government in which all political power is absolutely or nominally lodged with an individual or individuals. As a political entity, the monarch is the head of state, generally until their death or abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a, or having a monarch A Monarch is the person who heads a monarchy, a form of government in which a country or entity is usually ruled or controlled by an individual who normally rules for life or until abdication. Monarchs may be autocrats or may be ceremonial heads of state who exercise little or no power or only reserve power, with actual authority vested in a as its head. It may also refer to:
- Kingdom (biology) In biology, kingdom or regnum is a taxonomic rank, which is either the highest rank or in the more recent three-domain system, the rank below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla or divisions in botany. The complete sequence of ranks is life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species, a category in biological taxonomy
- Kingdom of God The Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven (Hebrew: מלכות השמים, Malkuth haShamayim; Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ουρανῶν, Basileia tōn Ouranōn) is a foundational concept in the Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. According to Jesus, the Kingdom of God is within (or among) people,[Lk 17:20-21] is approached, a foundational concept in the three Abrahamic religions
- Kingdom (comics) Kingdom is a comic series created by Dan Abnett and Richard Elson and published in 2000 AD starting in 2006, a comic series by Dan Abnett and Richard Elson published in the weekly 2000 AD
- Kingdom (Kumi Koda album), an album by Koda Kumi
- Kingdom (Cataract album), an album by Cataract
- "Kingdom" (song), a song by David Gahan
- Kingdom (TV series) Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal assistance. The series also stars Hermione Norris, Celia, a British television drama starring Stephen Fry
- Kingdom (director), a Japanese adult video director
- Kingdoms (board game), a board game by Reiner Knizia
- Petty kingdom A petty kingdom is an independent realm recognizing no suzerain and controlling only a portion of the territory held by a particular ethnic group or nation. Petty kingdoms were prominent before the formation of many of today's nation-states. Many of today's countries were typically ruled by multiple local kings in more or less stable kingdoms. The
See also
- The Kingdom (disambiguation)
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS , was a leading British civil engineer, famed for his bridges and dockyards, and especially for the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship, and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His, English engineer
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