precinct

[ pree-singkt ]

/ ˈpri sɪŋkt /

noun

a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.

Also called precinct house. the police station in such a district.

Also called election district. one of a fixed number of districts, each containing one polling place, into which a city, town, etc., is divided for voting purposes.

a space or place of definite or understood limits.

Often precincts. an enclosing boundary or limit.

precincts, the parts or regions immediately surrounding a place; environs: the precincts of a town.

Chiefly British. the ground immediately surrounding a church, temple, or the like.

a walled or otherwise bounded or limited space within which a building or place is situated.

Origin of precinct

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin praecinctum, noun use of neuter of Latin praecinctus, past participle of praecingere to gird about, surround, equivalent to prae- pre- + cing- (stem of cingere to surround; cf. cinch¹) + -tus past participle suffix

SYNONYMS FOR precinct

1 ward.

4 territory.

8 compound.

Words nearby precinct

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Example sentences from the Web for precincts

In those two precincts, Cochran received a net decrease of 54 votes from 2008.

How Thad Cochran Pulled Off a Win Over Chris McDaniel (Simple, Really) |Stuart Stevens |June 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
With more than 95 percent of precincts reporting, Lankford held a resounding 57.5 percent to 34.3 percent lead over Shannon.

Tea Party Darling T.W. Shannon Crashes to Oklahoma Senate Primary Defeat |Tim Mak |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
With more than 88 percent of precincts reporting, Hanna clung to a six-point lead.

Rockefeller Republicans Surge in New York Primaries |David Freedlander |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Americans even segregate politically, leading to 90-10 voting patterns in thousands of precincts.

It’s Time for Obama to Heed McChrystal’s Call for the ‘Service Year’ |Jonathan Alter |June 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In most precincts, a candidate needs to get the support of 15 percent of caucus goers in that precinct.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Likely To Flop Against Hillary In Iowa |Ben Jacobs |May 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"I shall love to sing in the Precincts," she said, as she went to the piano.

In the Wilderness |Robert Hichens
The notice had been posted because so many of the cowboys and girls had fairly overrun the precincts of Mr. Apgar's home.

The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays |Laura Lee Hope
It seems to carry us within the precincts, if not into the workshop, of the master.

The Violin |George Hart
I made this discovery in a spinney, or copse, near a small tarn some half mile to the eastward of Fernbridge's precincts.

Fibble, D. D. |Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
By an established law, founded on very ancient superstition, the precincts of a church afforded sanctuary to accused persons.

View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3) |Henry Hallam

British Dictionary definitions for precincts (1 of 2)

precincts

/ (ˈpriːsɪŋkts) /

pl n

the surrounding region or area

British Dictionary definitions for precincts (2 of 2)

precinct

/ (ˈpriːsɪŋkt) /

noun

an enclosed area or building marked by a fixed boundary such as a wall
such a boundary

an area in a town, often closed to traffic, that is designed or reserved for a particular purpose a shopping precinct; pedestrian precinct

a district of a city for administrative or police purposes
the police responsible for such a district

US a polling or electoral district

Word Origin for precinct

C15: from Medieval Latin praecinctum (something) surrounded, from Latin praecingere to gird around, from prae before, around + cingere to gird

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