Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.
- noun The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.
- noun An election district of a city or town.
- noun A place or enclosure marked off by definite limits, such as walls.
- noun A boundary.
- noun The neighborhood or surrounding area; the environs.
- noun An area of thought or action; a province or domain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The exterior line or boundary encompassing a place; bound; limit; boundary line.
- noun An inclosed or bounded space; an inclosure or a space definitely marked off by boundaries; a peribolus.
- noun A district within certain boundaries and under certain jurisdiction; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division: as, a police precinct; in several of the United States, the principal subdivision of the county, corresponding generally to the township in other States.
- noun A region; a tract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural.
- noun A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division
- noun U.S. A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
enclosed space having definedlimits , normally marked bywalls . - noun UK A
pedestrianized and uncoveredshopping area. - noun US, law enforcement A
subdivision of acity under thejurisdiction of a specific group ofpolice ; thepolice station situated in that district. - noun US A
subdivision of acity ortown for the purposes of voting and representation in city or town government. In cities, precincts may be grouped intowards .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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So, here's a question for writers reading this blog: what do you understand by the term precinct drama?
So what is a precinct drama, precisely? DAVID BISHOP 2008
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So, here's a question for writers reading this blog: what do you understand by the term precinct drama?
Archive 2008-09-01 DAVID BISHOP 2008
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Governor RICK PERRY (Republican, Texas): All across the country, in precinct after precinct, the wave of dissatisfaction has been building for nearly two years, and it crested tonight.
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Hollin Hall precinct is heavy Dem. just over 1000 votes cast.
Virginia Results Open Thread. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Many people offer it even if its not necessary - the essence of each precinct is that its local so after a bit you get to know and recognize many of your electors.
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That said, my precinct is (Obama endorser) Adrian Fenty's old district, and I doubt if it'll be real close.
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The most important of these sounds was the bell rung in the Mass to signify the elevation of the Host. 44 When Adelheit of Ossingen, who seems to have been the guest mistress at St. Katharinenthal, was called to the kitchen during Mass to oversee the food for the monastery's guests, she cut through a snow-covered area (whether this was the inner cloister or somewhere in the outer precinct is unclear).
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Her right to continue, despite losing in every category, ends the second that the final precinct is count.
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Those delegates are pledged to individual candidates based on participation that begins in precinct caucuses on election night and ends in senatorial district caucuses at the state convention.
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Over 90% of our precinct is in one council member's district but a few are in two others.
missanja commented on the word precinct
shopping precinct - deptak uliczny
December 7, 2010