bailiwick

bail·i·wick

B0030100 (bā′lə-wĭk′)n.1. A person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority. See Synonyms at field.2. The office or district of a bailiff.

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[Middle English bailliwik : baillif, bailiff; see bailiff + wik, town (from Old English wīc, from Latin vīcus; see vicinity).]

bailiwick

(ˈbeɪlɪwɪk) n1. (Law) law the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction2. a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill[C15: from baili(e) + wick²]

bail•i•wick

(ˈbeɪ ləˌwɪk)

n. 1. the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction. 2. a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work. [1425–75; late Middle English, =baili- bailie + wick wick²]

bailiwick

- Comes from bailie, "custody," and -wick, "function of an official" or "place of jurisdiction."See also related terms for official.

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Noun	1.	bailiwick - the area over which a bailiff has jurisdictionjurisdiction - in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
	2.	bailiwick - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, subject, field, studyoccultism - the study of the supernaturalcommunication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"major - the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"frontier - an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"genealogy - the study or investigation of ancestry and family historyallometry - the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the wholebibliotics - the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticityology - an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledgeknowledge base, knowledge domain, domain - the content of a particular field of knowledgescience, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"applied science, engineering science, technology, engineering - the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"futuristics, futurology - the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditionsarts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truthmilitary science - the discipline dealing with the principles of warfareescapology - the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment)graphology - the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition)numerology - the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairsprotology - the study of origins and first things; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity"theogony - the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods

bailiwick

nounA sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest:area, arena, circle, department, domain, field, orbit, province, realm, scene, subject, terrain, territory, world.Slang: bag.

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