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Bailiwick

//ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

    "The Bailiwick of Jersey."

  2. 2
    a branch of knowledge wordnet
  3. 3
    A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.

    "I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick."

  4. 4
    the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction wordnet

Etymology

From bailie (“bailiff”) and wick (“dwelling”), from Old English wīc.

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