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单词 bailiwick
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bailiwickn.

Brit. /ˈbeɪlɪwɪk/, U.S. /ˈbeɪliˌwɪk/, /ˈbeɪlᵻˌwɪk/
Forms: Middle English–1800s bayly-, bally-, bayli-, baili-, bali-, baily-, bayl-, baylie-, baly-, bailly-, bailli-, -weke, -wyke, -wick(e, -wik(e (more than 1900s forms).
Etymology: < bailie n. + -wick suffix: see also bailiffwick n.
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.
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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.
3. Stewardship. (Cf. bailieship n.) Obsolete.
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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.
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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).
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