precinct

n. area or district within a city; police station which oversees a precinct; place with set limits or boundaries

For the law enforcement usage, see police station. A precinct is a space enclosed by the walls or other boundaries of a particular place or building, or by an arbitrary and imaginary line drawn around it. There are several different uses for the word.
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Noun
1. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
(hypernym) city district
(hyponym) police precinct

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support.
  

(n.)
A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.
  

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