Definition of: precinct

(prē′singkt) noun
1. A place definitely marked off by fixed lines; also, the boundary of a designated place.
2. A minor territorial or jurisdictional district.
3. An election district of a town, township, county, etc.
4. A police subdivision of a city or town, or its police station.
5. Brit. The immediate neighborhood of a church or temple.
6. plural Neighborhood; environs. [<LL praecinctum boundary, orig. neut. of praecinctus, pp. of praecingere gird about <prae- before + cingere gird]