About The Word Precinct
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Precinct
Precinct Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Precinct?
[n] a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Precinct: Related Terms | Find terms related to Precinct: agora | ambit | amphitheater | approach | approximation | archbishopric | archdiocese | area | arena | arrondissement | athletic field | auditorium | background | bailiwick | bear garden | beat | bishopric | border | borderland | borders | borough | boundary | bounds | bowl | boxing ring | bull ring | campus | canton | canvas | champaign | circle | circuit | circus | city | close borough | closeness | cockpit | coliseum | colosseum | commune | compass | confines | congressional district | constablewick | convergence | county | course | demesne | departement | department | diocese | district | domain | dominion | duchy | election district | electoral district | electorate | environs | field | floor | foreground | forum | gerrymander | gerrymandered district | government | ground | gym | gymnasium | hall | hamlet | hemisphere | hippodrome | hundred | immediacy | immediate foreground | judicial circuit | jurisdiction | Kreis | limits | lists | locale | magistracy | march | marketplace | mat | metropolis | metropolitan area | milieu | nearness | neighborhood | nighness | oblast | okrug | open forum | orb | orbit | palaestra | pale | parade ground | parish | pit | place | platform | pocket borough | precincts | principality | prize ring | propinquity | province | proximity | public square | purlieu | purlieus | quarter | range | realm | region | riding | ring | rotten borough | round | safe district | scene | scene of action | scenery | section | sector | setting | sheriffalty | sheriffwick | shire | shrievalty | silk-stocking district | single-member district | site | soke | sphere | squared circle | stadium | stage | stage set | stage setting | stake | state | swing district | terrain | territory | theater | tilting ground | tiltyard | town | township | vicinage | vicinity | village | walk | wapentake | ward | wrestling ring | zone See Also | city district | election district | police precinct | voting precinct Precinct In Webster's Dictionary \Pre"cinct\ (?; 277), n. [LL. praecinctum, fr. L.
praecingere, praecinctum, to gird about, to encompass; prae
before + cingere to gird, surround. See {Pre-}, and
{Cincture}.]
1. The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a
boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority;
-- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state.
``The precincts of light.'' --Milton.
2. A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial
or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a
school precinct.
3. A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and
taxed for its support. [U.S.]
The parish, or precinct, shall proceed to a new
choice. --Laws of
Massachusetts.
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