precinct

Everyday

1. (USA) A district of a city that has its own police station; also the police station itself. tree →
2. (UK) A shopping area where cars are not allowed (a shopping precinct). tree →
3. The area around a building, often enclosed, like a cathedral precinct. tree →
4. (USA) A voting district. tree →

In the lessons

In American police stories, detectives work at «the 9th precinct». In Britain, families shop in the precinct.

Examples

• The officer works at the 12th precinct. tree →
• We met in the shopping precinct. tree →
• The cathedral precincts were quiet. tree →
• (USA) Voters went to their precinct to vote. tree →
• The precinct was closed to cars. tree →
• No running in the school precincts. tree →

Note

Plural: precincts. Meaning differs by country.

In Jewish tradition

A precinct is a part of the Temple grounds. Here it is the Parvar, a place on the west side of the Temple where Levites kept guard.

Interpretation. Tradition uses it for the Temple area and the careful order of the Levites' guard.

Examples

• For the Precinct westward, four at the causeway, and two at the Precinct. (Writings 1CH.26.18, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Plural: precincts. Meaning differs by country.