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# precinct

noun (a precinct, precincts)

«precinct» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (USA) A district of a city that has its own police station; also the police station itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#m1)
2. (UK) A shopping area where cars are not allowed (a shopping precinct). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#m2)
3. The area around a building, often enclosed, like a cathedral precinct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#m3)
4. (USA) A voting district. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#x1)
- We met in the shopping precinct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#x2)
- The cathedral precincts were quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#x3)
- (USA) Voters went to their precinct to vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#x4)
- The precinct was closed to cars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#x5)
- No running in the school precincts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/#x6)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#x1)

### Note

Plural: precincts. Meaning differs by country.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «precinct» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«precinct» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/precinct.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «precinct» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«precinct» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/precinct.html) on Mova free.