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   purview

   /ˈpəːvjuː/

   noun

   • 1. the scope of the influence or concerns of something: formal "such a case might be within the purview of the legislation"
   • ▪ range of experience or thought: formal "social taboos meant that little information was likely to come within the purview of women generally"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purveu ‘foreseen’, past participle of purveier (see purvey). Early use was as a legal term specifying the body of a statute following the words ‘be it enacted …’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • P

     3

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • W

     4

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