- a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- the police station in such a 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.
- an enclosing boundary or limit.
- the parts or regions immediately surrounding a place; environs: the precincts of a town.
- 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.
- 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
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- a district of a city for administrative or police purposes
- the police responsible for such a district
- a polling or electoral district
