under-kingdomn.
/ˈʌndəˌkɪŋdəm/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌkɪŋdəm/ (under- prefix1 3a(b).)
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K1 Where you shal haue Asia of the one side, and Affrick of the other, and so many other vnder-kingdoms.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 581 in Idylls of King Thro' all The hundred under-Kingdoms that he sway'd.
1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 774 Cnut, like Charles, established a system of under-kingdoms.
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