bailiwick

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Etymology

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From bailie (bailiff) and wick (dwelling), from Old English wīc.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: bā'lĭ-wĭk, IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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bailiwick (plural bailiwicks)

  1. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
    The Bailiwick of Jersey.
  2. A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
    • 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt:
      I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick.
    • 2020 September 28, Alex McLevy, “Marilynne Robinson finds transcendence in the stunning, soul-searching Jack”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 1 October 2020:
      Jack is full of these insights, thoughtful turns of phrase from a character whose perpetual struggle between wastrel and righteous is all too familiar a bailiwick for the universal insecurities of the human condition.

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