<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.</li><li>the police station in such a district.</li><li>one of a fixed number of districts, each containing one polling place, into which a city, town, etc., is divided for voting purposes.</li><li>a space or place of definite or understood limits.</li><li>an enclosing boundary or limit.</li><li>the parts or regions immediately surrounding a place; environs: the precincts of a town.</li><li>the ground immediately surrounding a church, temple, or the like.</li><li>a walled or otherwise bounded or limited space within which a building or place is situated.</li></ul>