precinct : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: precinct	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for precinct
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precinct n a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Precinct \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. [bd]The precincts of light.[b8] --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.