单词 | bailiwick |
释义 | bailiwickn. 1. a. A district or place under the jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff. Used in English History as a general term including sheriffdom; and applied to foreign towns or districts under a vogt or bailli. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a bailiff or bailie bailliec1314 bailiery1425 bailiwickc1460 bailieshipc1503 bailliage1513 sub-bailiwicka1525 suckena1688 bailiffwick1709 c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 123 A mean Bayliff may do more in his Bayly-Weke. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xx By the othe of xii. true men of hys balywyk. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 112 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The Sheriffe of the Shire, whose peculiar Office it is to walke up and downe his Bayli-wicke. 1678 T. Jones Of Heart & Soveraign 88 Our British Isles, which never were within the diocess or bayliwick of Rome. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 355 A fair Bailiwick and Town corporate. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 305 Berne. This Canton contains 72 bailiwicks. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxiii. 519 Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, together with Herm..composing what is called ‘the Bailiwick of Guernsey’. 1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 25 341 The sheriff..made a return..that [he]..had no lay fee within his bailiwick. b. transferred. ‘One's natural or proper place or sphere’ (D.A.). Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > proper placec1300 berth1724 space1810 bailiwick1843 1843 Knickerbocker 21 589 A friend..inside the southern division of Mason and Dixon's ‘bailiwick’. 1892 Outing Apr. 16/1 The baggage-man stared a little when we piled our ‘truck’ into his bailiwick. 1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter ix. 119 I'm skeered to the marrow,..because I'm out o' my bailiwick. 1940 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. LVI. 216 Bailiwick..has given rise to the common phrase ‘out of one's bailiwick’, i.e. outside of one's natural sphere or function. 2. The office or jurisdiction of a bailie or a bailiff. (Now historical.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > bailiff > position of bailieshipc1472 bailiffwick1509 bailiwicka1513 bailiric1570 bailiffshipa1643 bailiffry1708 bailivate1721 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxlviv The Offyce of Ballywyke. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 88 A Suit..about the Ballywick of Jedburgh-Forrest. 1687 N. Johnston Assurance Abbey & Church-lands 69 Other Ecclesiastical Benefices, Provost-ships, Baly-wicks, Commendams, Canon-ships, etc. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvii. 557 No gift of land, franchise..or bailiwick should be made. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun] > management on behalf of another or stewardship bailliec1305 bailieshipc1375 dispensingc1380 dispensationc1384 dispending1388 procuracya1425 procuration1484 umboth1509 stewardship1526 proctorship1535 stewarding1548 bailiwick1550 farmership1551 factory1560 agency1600 bailiffwick1605 agentship1608 factorage1639 proctorage1641 oeconomacy1651 soliciting1663 stewartrya1763 factordom1888 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Eiv Geve accountes of thy Baliwick. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 192 To giue an accounts sic of our bayliwicke. 4. bailiwick-town n. a town under the jurisdiction of a bailiff; the chief town of a hundred. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > chief town of county or district shire-town1459 city1526 county town1626 bailiwick-town1675 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 172 Hexham..is at present a well-built Bailiwick Town. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) III. 225 The Bailiwick-Town of Hexham. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1460 |
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