ambit

an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends many feel that church leaders stray outside of their proper ambit when they make specific political endorsements Synonyms range, amplitude, breadth, compass, confines, dimension(s), extent, reach, realm, scope, sweep, widthRelated Words gamut, spectrum, spread; bailiwick, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, province, region, specialty, sphere, terrain; frontier; horizon, panorama