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overkingdom en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + kingdom.

Meanings

1. A unit composed of several kingdoms and presided over by an overking; an empire.
   • The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled. 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:

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