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# precinct

«precinct» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A district of a city that has its own police station…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a precinct, precincts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (USA) A district of a city that has its own police station; also the police station itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#m1)

2) (UK) A shopping area where cars are not allowed (a shopping precinct). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#m2)

3) The area around a building, often enclosed, like a cathedral precinct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#m3)

4) (USA) A voting district. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary lessons: In American police stories, detectives work at «the 9th precinct». In Britain, families shop in the precinct.

### examples

- For the Precinct westward, four at the causeway, and two at the Precinct. (Writings 1CH.26.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#x1)
- The officer works at the 12th precinct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#x2)
- We met in the shopping precinct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#x3)
- The cathedral precincts were quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#x4)
- (USA) Voters went to their precinct to vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#x5)
- The precinct was closed to cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#x6)
- No running in the school precincts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/#x7)

### note

Plural: precincts. Meaning differs by country.

### In the corpora

- [For the Precinct westward, four at the causeway, and two at the Precinct.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.924/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «precinct» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precinct/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.