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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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PRE'CINCT, n. [L. proecinctus, proecingo, to cencompass; proe and cingo, to surround or gird.]
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.
"The precincts of
light." Milton. A district within certain boundaries; a
minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election
precinct; a school precinct.
A parish or prescribed territory attached
to a church, and taxed for its support.
[U.S.]
The parish, or precinct, shall proceed to a new choice. Laws of Massachusetts. | ||||||||