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Bailiwick Moderate

Bailiwick has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction

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"

3

The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

Example Sentences
"in what discipline is his doctorate?" noun
"teachers should be well trained in their subject" noun
"anthropology is the study of human beings" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
jurisdiction knowledge domain
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
occultism communications major frontier genealogy allometry bibliotics ology science architecture landscape architecture engineering futurology humanistic discipline theology military science escapology graphology numerology protology theogony
Rhyming Words
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