Definition of "kingdom" []

• A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign. (noun)
• The eternal spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ. (noun)
• The realm of this sovereignty. (noun)
• A realm or sphere in which one thing is dominant: the kingdom of the imagination. (noun)
• One of the three main divisions (animal, vegetable, and mineral) into which natural organisms and objects are classified. (noun)

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• "By _keys of the kingdom of heaven_, thus apprehend, Christ promiseth and giveth not the sword _of the kingdom_, any secular power; nor the sceptre _of the kingdom_, any sovereign, lordly, magisterial power over the Church."
• "Christ's coming to take the kingdom, will be given, and witnesses of the truth of Christianity, which cannot be disputed, suddenly arise, to the surprize and confusion of scoffing sinners; multitudes of whom will be swept off by desolating judgments to prepare the way for "the people of the saints of the most high, _whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom_.""
• ""The saints of the most high shall take the kingdom, and _possess the kingdom for ever, even forever and ever_ -- and the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most high, _whose kingdom is an ever lasting kingdom_, and all dominion shall serve and obey him.""