The bounds, limits, or range of something; the area or scope that something covers or includes.
From Latin 'ambitus' (circuit, boundary), past participle of 'ambire' (to go around). The word traveled through Old French before arriving in English in the 14th century.
Medieval writers loved 'ambit' for describing the range of a ruler's power or a bishop's authority—basically, 'everything that's within the perimeter you control' became our modern word for scope and limits.
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