PRECINCT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.

3.
n.

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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