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kindom en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɪndəm/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Yorkshire, obsolete) Synonym 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:
   • 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:
   • […] 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:

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kindom en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɪndəm/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (neologism) A divinely-instituted egalitarian community.
   • 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 14, 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:
   • 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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