kindom

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndəm/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kindom (plural kindoms)

1. (Yorkshire, obsolete) Synonym of kingdom
   • 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^[1], Barnsley, Yorkshire: J. Ray, page 16:

     […] for tea brews and surkelates moar mischeef amang t'nabaz, then all't ale thear iz it kindom put tagether […]

   • 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^[2], 2nd edition, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., page 15:

     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.

   • [1933, Harold Orton, The Phonology of a South Durham Dialect: Descriptive, Historical, and Comparative‎^[3], K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, page 112:

     § 221. -dom < [dəm], e.g. [frīdəm] freedom; [kindəm] kingdom; [wizdəm] wisdom.]

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kindom (plural kindoms)

1. (theology, neologism) A divinely-instituted egalitarian community.
   • 1994, Priests for Equality, The Inclusive New Testament‎^[4], Altamira Press, →ISBN, Luke 13:18, page 126:

     Jesus continued, "What does the kindom [KJV kingdome] of God resemble? To what will I liken it? […]

   • 2002, Michael Crosby, The Prayer that Jesus Taught Us‎^[5], Orbis Books, →ISBN, page 97:

     The assumption will of be that the concretization of God's kindom always involves an oikonomia or household.

   • 2019 July, Catherine Maresca, “The Pearl and the Hidden Treasure”, in Violence and Nonviolence in Scripture: Helping Children Understand Challenging Stories‎^[6], Liturgy Training Publications, →ISBN, page 24:

     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.