'Bailiwick' definitions:
Definition of 'bailiwick'
(from WordNet)
noun
The area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
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" [syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick]
Definition of 'Bailiwick'
From: GCIDE
- Bailiwick \Bail"i*wick\, n. [Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.] (Law) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bailiwick'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambit,
- archbishopric,
- archdiocese,
- arena,
- arrondissement,
- beat,
- bishopric,
- border,
- borderland,
- borough,
- bureau,
- canton,
- champaign,
- circle,
- circuit,
- city,
- commissariat,
- commune,
- congressional district,
- constablery,
- constablewick,
- constabulary,
- constituency,
- county,
- demesne,
- departement,
- department,
- diocese,
- district,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- electoral district,
- electorate,
- field,
- footing,
- government,
- hamlet,
- hemisphere,
- hundred,
- judicial circuit,
- jurisdiction,
- Kreis,
- magistracy,
- march,
- metropolis,
- metropolitan area,
- ministry,
- municipality,
- neighborhood,
- oblast,
- office,
- okrug,
- orb,
- orbit,
- pale,
- parish,
- place,
- precinct,
- principality,
- province,
- quarter,
- realm,
- region,
- riding,
- round,
- secretariat,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffwick,
- shire,
- shrievalty,
- soke,
- sphere,
- sphere of influence,
- stake,
- stamping ground,
- state,
- terrain,
- territory,
- town,
- township,
- turf,
- vantage,
- village,
- walk,
- wapentake,
- ward