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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
purview/ˈpɜːvjuː/

▶noun formal

1 the scope of the influence or concerns of something.

2 a range of experience or thought.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. purveu, purveier (see purvey).

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