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Middle English
- coindam, kendame, kenedom, kindam, kindome, kymdam, kyndam, kyndame, kyndham, kyndom, kynedam, kynedom
- cune-dom, cynedom (Early Middle English)
Etymology
From Old English cynedōm; equivalent to kine- (“royal”) + -dom (abstract nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkin(ə)doːm/
- (with reduction) IPA(key): /ˈkin(ə)dam/, /ˈkin(ə)dum/
Noun
kinedom (plural kinedoms)
- Capacity to rule; authority, dominion, might.
- Synonyms: kingdom, kineriche, kingriche (rare)
- The duration of a ruler's rule; a reign.
- Synonym: kingriche (rare)
- The realm of a king; a kingdom.
- Synonyms: kingdom, kineriche, kingriche
- (figurative) Divine authority or power.
- Synonyms: kingdom, kineriche
- (rare) The people of a kingdom.
- Synonyms: kingdom, kineriche
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