bailiwicks
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Noun
bailiwicks, plural;
/ˈbāləˌwik/,
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bailiwicks, plural;
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One's sphere of operations or particular area of interest
- - you never give the presentations—that's my bailiwick
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The district or jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff
Web Definitions:
- (bailiwick) the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
- (bailiwick) discipline: 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"
- (Bailiwick) The area of responsibility for a sheriff, responsible for keeping the peace and for enforcing the royal laws.
- (Bailiwick) Specially a liberty exempted from the sherriff and over which the lord of the liberty appoints a bailiff.
- (Bailiwick) the administrative unit of the English Province of the Templars,comprising a region, shire or group of villages