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- noun Obsolete spelling of
kingdom .
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Examples
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Olauus recouered his inheritance, that is to say the kingdome of Man and of the Islands, which Reginald his brother had gouerned for the space of 38. yeeres, and he reigned two yeeres in safetie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And here you must note, that although the kings of the eight kingdome, that is, of the Southsaxons or Sussex, were descended of the same people, yet were they not of the same line.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (8 of 8) The Eight Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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The seuen cities are seuen small townes, all made with these kinde of houses that I speake of: and they stand all within foure leagues together, and they are all called the kingdome of
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Various 1885
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Wee do think that the kingdome being in danger by this enemie, the cause also is in danger, and the defending of the kingdome will be the defending of the cause also.
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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Olauus recouered his inheritance, that is to say the kingdome of Man and of the Islands, which Reginald his brother had gouerned for the space of 38. yeeres, and he reigned two yeeres in safetie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Virginia, the chiefest whereof is called the kingdome of New Mexico, for the wealth, ciuil gouernment, and populousnesse of the same.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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The Royal Artillery blasts the Jacobite long arm into kingdome come at very close range.
Jacobite Skirmish at Culwhinic Moor Der Alte Fritz 2009
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The Royal Artillery blasts the Jacobite long arm into kingdome come at very close range.
Archive 2009-05-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009
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Mandrills, what the heck kind of name is that, it sounds like teh GAY of the monkey kingdome to me.
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If the legal precedent is that the treasure goes back to the "kingdome with an interest," then all the loot that Spain stole from the cultures of South America in the late 15th and early 16th centuries CE should be returned to the countries of origin, as best as can be determined, should future treasure trove from period ships be recovered from the high seas.
Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008
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