purview

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)vjuː/

Etymology

From Middle English purveu (“proviso”), from Anglo-Norman purveu est (“it is provided”), or purveu que (“provided that”) (statutory language), from Old French porveü (“provided”), past participle of porveoir (“to provide”), from Latin prōvideō (see provide). Influenced by view and its etymological antecedents.

purview means the enacting part of a statute. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.

Why this word is great

PURVIEW — [Noun] The defined scope, range, or limit of authority, concern, or legal applicability. From Middle English purveu ("proviso"), from Anglo-French purveu est ("it is provided"), the past participle of purveier ("to provide"), from Latin prōvidēre ("to foresee, provide"). Unlike "preview" (which offers an advance glimpse) or "provision" (which is the act of supplying), "purview" is a sanctioned domain, an intellectual or bureaucratic jurisdiction granted by decree. It is the precise column of figures an accountant is hired to audit, the narrow remit of a departmental inquiry, or the exact line on an organizational chart where your responsibility becomes another's—a cartography not of geography, but of permission, defining what is, and more importantly, what is not, your problem.

noun

The enacting part of a statute.
The scope of a statute.
Scope or range of interest or control.“Will it be said that the fundamental principles of the Confederation were not within the purview of the convention, and ought not to have been varied?”
Range of understanding.“Our company were noisy, gay, quarrelsome, full of facile theories, with glib explanations of everything, persuaded that there is nothing they could not understand and no human destiny outside the purview of their system.”