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queendom|ˈkwiːndəm|
[f. queen n. + -dom.]
1. The country ruled over by a queen. Also fig.
1606G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine ii. 9 The Queendome was governed by two of the foure Sisters. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. viii. 75 It has been fatal and ruinous to these Queendoms already. 1834Fraser's Mag. IX. 248 Ours is a literary kingdom, or rather, queendom. 1873Ruskin Fors Clav. xxxiii. (1896) II. 217 She should as seldom leave it [her home] as a queen her queendom.
2. The position of a queen; queenhood.
1657Trapp Comm. Esther ii. 12 Whereby they might get the Kings favour and attaine to the Queendome. 1844Mrs. Browning Dead Pan xi, Will thy queendom all lie hid Meekly under either lid? c1861Mrs. Craik Eliz. & Vict. (1870) 121 Womanhood is higher than queendom. 1877G. Macdonald Marquis of Lossie xl, [The moon] shone out fair and clear, in conscious queendom of the night. |