bakerdomn.
/ˈbeɪkədəm/, U.S. /ˈbeɪkərdəm/ Bakers collectively; the world or domain of bakers; (also) the state or condition of being a baker.
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bakerdom1862
1862 Maryborough & Dunolly Advertiser (Victoria, Austral.) 26 Mar. The whole fraternity of bakerdom.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Apr. 3/1 The first baker..was about to produce a card to prove his bakerdom and respectability.
1916 Bakers Rev. May 85/2 Endorsed by the leading lights in bakerdom.
2010 @richard_howell 29 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Aug. 2019) Foiled at first hurdle on journey to bakerdom, our oven is still broken.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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