Associations to the word «Bailiwick»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
BAILIWICK, noun. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
BAILIWICK, noun. A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
Dictionary definition
BAILIWICK, noun. The area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction.
BAILIWICK, noun. 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".
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.