a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.

Also called precinct house. the police station in such a district.

Also called election 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.

Often, precincts. an enclosing boundary or limit.

precincts, the parts or regions immediately surrounding a place; environs

the precincts of a town.

Chiefly British . 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.

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area , community , department , development , district , division , neighborhood , province , quarter , section , tract , ward , zone , bound , confine , environs , locale , locality , surroundings , vicinity , beat , boundary , domain , sector , subdivision , territory