precinct
[noun]
Synonyms:
- enclosure, confine, limit
- area, district, quarter, section, sector, zone

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pre‧cinct /ˈpriːsɪŋkt/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: praecinctum, from Latin praecingere 'to put a belt around']

1. [countable]shopping/pedestrian precinct British English an area of a town where people can walk and shop, and where cars are not allowed

2. [countable] American English one of the areas that a town or city is divided into, so that elections or police work can be organized more easily

3. [countable] American English the main police station in a particular area of a town or city

4. precincts [plural] the area that surrounds an important building:
the precincts of the cathedral

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