Bible Dictionaries
Precinct

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support.

(2):

(n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; - often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state.

(3):

(n.) A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Precinct'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/precinct.html. 1828.