Bailiwick (Noun)
Meaning 1
The area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The sheriff's bailiwick was the entire county, and he was responsible for enforcing the law in every corner of it.
- In medieval times, the lord of the manor was also the bailiff, and his bailiwick included the village and all the surrounding farmland.
- As a park ranger, Sarah's bailiwick was the national forest, and she patrolled the trails and campgrounds daily.
- The warden's bailiwick was the entire prison complex, and he oversaw the security and discipline of all the inmates.
- The coroner's bailiwick included not just the city, but the surrounding rural areas as well, where many mysterious deaths occurred.
Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Humanities
- Escapology
- Humanistic Discipline
- Allometry
- Landscape Architecture
- Theogony
- Theology
- Liberal Arts
- Technology
- Communications
- Science
- Military Science
- Graphology
- Frontier
- Arts
- Bibliotics
- Major
- Engineering Science
- Genealogy
- Engineering
- Communication Theory
- Ology
- Occultism
- Numerology
- Futurology
- Divinity
- Protology
- Applied Science
- Scientific Discipline
- Architecture
- Futuristics