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Kingdom vs Halidom - What's the difference?

kingdom | halidom |

As nouns the difference between kingdom and halidom

is that kingdom is a nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen while halidom is (obsolete) holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.

kingdom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
  • (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom)
  • Derived terms

    * animal kingdom * Kingdom of Heaven * kingdom come * Kingdom County * plant kingdom * vegetable kingdom

    See also

    * monarchy

    halidom

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l) (erroneous)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1987 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Poul and Karen Anderson , title=The King of Ys , chapter= citation , genre=SciFi , publisher= , isbn= , page=422 , passage=Now he's put the final seal on his Kingship, his halidom , by slaying a challenger in the Wood. }}
  • (archaic) A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1983 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Poul Anderson , title=Time Patrolman , chapter= , url= , genre=SciFi , publisher=Tom Doherty Associates , isbn=9780812530766 , page= , passage=… save for Wodan, who had a richly bedecked halidom nearby. }}
  • (archaic) Something regarded as sacred; a holy relic.
  • * 1819': “By my '''halidom ,” said he, “we have forgotten, Sir Prior, to name the fair Sovereign of Love and of Beauty, by whose white hand the palm is to be distributed.” — Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe