bailiwick

Noun

Meaning

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

department arena area field study subject domain province jurisdiction sphere architectural discipline pale turf archbishopric
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Antonyms

concerned ambitious unhappy desperate worried troubled
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Hypernyms

domain jurisdiction knowledge base knowledge domain

Hyponyms

science frontier major technology divinity occultism

Related terms

bailiff bailie

Examples

There's no doubt in my mind that people on the West Coast - L.A. particularly - and the East Coast have no clue at all about what's happening outside their own little bailiwick. And they think everybody is stupid because they are not sophisticated. Andy Williams

in what discipline is his doctorate? Source: Internet

teachers should be well trained in their subject Source: Internet

anthropology is the study of human beings Source: Internet

Bailiwick Express is one of Jersey's digital online news sources. Source: Internet

In this example (dated 1594), Hugo Dietrich von Hohenlandenberg, commander of the bailiwick of Swabia-Alsace-Burgundy, shows his Landenberg family arms quartered with the order's black cross. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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