1 (BrE) a commercial area in a town where cars cannot go:
a pedestrian / shopping precinct
2 (AmE) one of the parts into which a town or city is divided in order to organize elections:
voters in key precincts
3 (AmE) a part of a city that has its own police station; the police station in this area:
Detective Hennessy of the 44th precinct * The murder occurred just a block from the precinct.
4 [usuallypl.] the area around a place or a building, sometimes enclosed by a wall:
the cathedral / college precincts * within the precincts of the castle
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