precinct: Meaning and Definition of

pre•cinct

1. a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
2. Also calledthe police station in such a district.
3. Also calledone of a fixed number of districts, each containing one polling place, into which a city, town, etc., is divided for voting purposes.
4. a space or place of definite or understood limits.
5. Often,an enclosing boundary or limit.
6. the parts or regions immediately surrounding a place; environs: the precincts of a town.
7. the ground immediately surrounding a church, temple, or the like.
8. a walled or otherwise bounded or limited space within which a building or place is situated.