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Bailiwick   /bˈeɪlɪwˌɪk/   Listen
Bailiwick

noun
1.
The area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction.
2.
A branch of knowledge.  Synonyms: discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field.  "Teachers should be well trained in their subject" , "Anthropology is the study of human beings"





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"Bailiwick" Quotes from Famous Books



... pass that we are forced to exchange compliments. Thank you for the information. The sheriff of this county is a friend of mine. He will be pleased to know that Simon Braley, murderer and renegade, is in his bailiwick. From what I know of Simon Girty's nephew, he is not the kind of man ...
— Viola Gwyn • George Barr McCutcheon
... Fraser, whose father was piper to Sir George Simpson. Colin treats us to a skirl of the very pipes which announced the approach of Simpson whenever that little Northern autocrat, during his triumphal progress through a bailiwick as big as Europe, made his way into a ...
— The New North • Agnes Deans Cameron
... though, is this Gousta, whose lofty summit traversed by deep snow-covered ravines, rises out of a forest of pines that form a thick green ruff about its snowy throat! And what a superb view one enjoys from its summit. To the east lies the bailiwick of Numedal; On the west, the Hardanger and its magnificent glaciers; down at the base of the mountain, the winding valley of Vesfjorddal between Lakes Tinn and Mjos, Dal, and its miniature houses, and the bright waters of the Maan leaping and dancing merrily ...
— Ticket No. "9672" • Jules Verne


Words linked to "Bailiwick" :   arts, jurisdiction, divinity, knowledge domain, graphology, protology, applied science, domain, science, frontier, engineering science, field of study, futuristics, futurology, liberal arts, humanistic discipline, bibliotics, architecture, technology, knowledge base, military science, ology, occultism, allometry, escapology, theology, scientific discipline, communication theory, humanities, communications, engineering, theogony, numerology, genealogy, major


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