Category:Precinct

Pre"cinct, n. Etym: [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.