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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. "the precincts of light."
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.
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