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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Purview \Pur"view\, noun [OF. purveu, pourveu, F. pourvu, provided, p. p. of OF. porveoir, F. pourvoir. See {Purvey}, {View}, and cf. {Proviso}.] 1. (a) (Law) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with '' Be it enacted, '' as distinguished from the preamble. --Cowell. (b) Hence: The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. --Marshall.
Profanations within the purview of several statutes. --Bacon.
2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
In determining the extent of information required in the exercise of a particular authority, recourse must be had to the objects within the purview of that authority. --Madison.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
purview
noun: the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" [syn: {horizon}, {view}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "purview": agency, agentship, ambit, assignment, authority, authorization, brevet, care, charge, clear sight, color vision, commission, commissioning, commitment, compass, cone vision, consignment, cure, day vision, daylight vision, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, devolution, devolvement, discernment, embassy, empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, executorship, exequatur, extension, extent, eye, eye-mindedness, eyesight, factorship, farsight, farsightedness, field of view, field of vision, full power, horizon, jurisdiction, keen sight, ken, legation, license, lieutenancy, mandate, mission, night vision, office, orbit, perception, peripheral field, peripheral vision, perspicacity, perspicuity, photopia, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power of sight, power to act, procuration, proxy, quick sight, radius, range, reach, regency, regentship, responsibility, rod vision, scope, scotopia, seeing, sense of sight, sight, sightedness, sweep, task, trust, trusteeship, twilight vision, unobstructed vision, vicarious authority, vision, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, warrant
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