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bailiwick

[ bey-luh-wik ]

noun

  1. the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
  2. a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work:

    to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick.

    Synonyms: turf, territory, sphere, department, domain



bailiwick

/ ˈbeɪlɪwɪk /

noun

  1. law the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
  2. a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • sub·baili·wick noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bailiwick1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, equivalent to baili- bailie + wick wick 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bailiwick1

C15: from baili(e) + wick ²
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Example Sentences

“We try to think of ourselves as about a lot more than the birds, because really all nature is our bailiwick,” Alexander said.

As he traveled and collected he constantly sent back seed samples, hundreds of thousands of them in total, to the institutes and field stations under his bailiwick.

He does so, hands in his star and rides on, leaving his bailiwick in the condition his patrons wanted.

In 1429 the English occupied the bailiwick of Chaumont and garrisoned several fortresses in Bassigny.

Its tolerble late, if you happen to know it, and youre a little out of your own bailiwick, arent you?

Now these two bailiffs kept their bailiwick in peace many years, until they were said to be remiss in keeping the King's justice.

This guy, Lester, makes out a bond before we're within two days' drive of his bailiwick.

All relations between the two women had been severed irrevocably, each keeping to her own respective bailiwick.

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bailiffBaillie