Definition of bailiwicks Bailiwicks
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What does bailiwicks mean?
Wiktionary 
- bailiwicks (Noun)
Plural of bailiwick.
Part of speech
🔤- bailiwicks, noun, plural of bailiwick.
WordNet
NounPlural: bailiwicks |
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| bailiwick - the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction | ||
| bailiwick - 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" | ||
| discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study | ||
| knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain the content of a particular field of knowledge | ||
| occultism a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control | ||
| communication theory, communications the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study" | ||
| major the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics" | ||
| frontier an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" | ||
| genealogy the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | ||
| allometry the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole | ||
| bibliotics the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity | ||
| ology an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge | ||
| scientific discipline, science a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" | ||
| architecture the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect | ||
| applied science, engineering science, technology, engineering the practical application of science to commerce or industry | ||
| futuristics, futurology the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | ||
| arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences" | ||
| theology, divinity the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford" | ||
| military science the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare | ||
| escapology the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment) | ||
| graphology the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) | ||
| numerology the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs | ||
| protology the study of origins and first things; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bailiwick (n.)
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
Part of speech
🔤- bailiwick, noun, singular of bailiwicks.
