bailiwick
bai·li·wick
noun
1.
the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
2.
- “in what discipline is his doctorate?”
- “teachers should be well trained in their subject”
- “anthropology is the study of human beings”
Origin
From bailie (“bailiff”) and wick (“dwelling”), from Old English wīc.
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