overkingdom

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ kingdom.

Noun

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overkingdom (plural overkingdoms)

  1. A unit, composed of several kingdoms, presided over by an overking.
    • 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:
      The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.