precinct Definition
pre·cinct (prē′siŋkt)
noun
- an enclosure between buildings, walls, etc.
- Brit. the grounds immediately surrounding a religious house or church
- environs; a neighborhood
- ☆
- a division of a city, as for police administration
- a subdivision of a ward, as for voting purposes
- Brit. an area in a town closed to motor traffic, as for shopping
- any limited area, as of thought
- a boundary
Etymology: ME precincte < ML praecinctum < L praecinctus, pp. of praecingere, to encompass < prae-, before (see pre-) + cingere, to surround, gird (see cinch)
precinct Synonyms
precinct Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- priory: They first settled on a narrow strip of land within the precincts of the present Priory.
- court: When the captive Prince entered the precincts of the court, " Where is the Caliph?
Converse of object
- pedestrianize: The new minimalist pedestrianized precinct in the style labeled the " Festival of Britain " was copied throughout Europe.
- enter: Tram 904 enters the city precinct through the archway in the city wall.
- leave: Before leaving the palace precincts, have a look at the strange little building known as ' Queen Mary's Bath ' .
Adjective modifier
- pedestrian: The Save Lewes campaign was launched on 7 January 2006 in the pedestrian precinct, at our table in the Farmers ' Market.
- monastic: This site offered the monks greater scope for the laying out of a monastic precinct on a large scale.
- sacred: They must not tread the sacred precincts of the Garry lines.
- indoor: Off the central mall in an indoor precinct, shopping is on three levels.
- main: We believe we have found the main temple precinct just northwest of the theater, across a street dividing the two.
- modern: Today, there is now the unusual spectacle of a modern glass precinct rising out above early 20th century walls!
Modifies a noun
- commander: Crime rates for each police precinct were published weekly, holding precinct commanders to account.
- wall: The road follows the precinct wall down to the harbor.
- library: Accessible Workstations There are accessible workstations with height adjustable desks in the Main Library, the Joule Library and the Precinct Library.
Noun used with modifier
- abbey: The whole of College Green lay within the abbey precinct originally.
- shopping: The yard is now a shopping precinct with the mill in the center.
- priory: These all lie within the large oval outline which represents the priory precinct.
- temple: We believe we have found the main temple precinct just northwest of the theater, across a street dividing the two.
- cathedral: Creating a sort of cathedral precinct around it would be brilliant.
- pedestrian: Causeway Head is a pleasant pedestrian precinct located close to the center of Penzance.
Browse dictionary entries near precinct
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- ‹ preceptor
- ‹ preceptive
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- ‹ precentor
- ‹ preceding

