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District   /dˈɪstrɪkt/   Listen
noun
District  n.  
1.
(Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
2.
A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc. "To exercise exclusive legislation... over such district not exceeding ten miles square."
3.
Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract. "These districts which between the tropics lie."
Congressional district. See under Congressional.
District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court.
District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district.
District judge, one who presides over a district court.
District school, a public school for the children within a school district. (U.S.)
Synonyms: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.


verb
District  v. t.  (past & past part. districted; pres. part. districting)  To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.


adjective
District  adj.  Rigorous; stringent; harsh. (Obs.) "Punishing with the rod of district severity."





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"District" Quotes from Famous Books



... of will, which is the root, and wisdom, which is the stem of character—life will be indefinite and purposeless—like a body of stagnant water, instead of a running stream doing useful work and keeping the machinery of a district in motion. ...
— Character • Samuel Smiles
... he makes no reply the first and second times, and the third time he gives a kick: and beside him there is a bold, cunning face, belonging to a boy named Franti, who has already been expelled from another district. There are, in addition, two brothers who are dressed exactly alike, who resemble each other to a hair, and both of whom wear caps of Calabrian cut, with a peasant's plume. But handsomer than all the rest, the one who has the most talent, who will surely be ...
— Cuore (Heart) - An Italian Schoolboy's Journal • Edmondo De Amicis
... Delphi. Pe' leus, the father of Achilles. Pe' li on, a mountain on the east coast of Greece. Pep' in, a king of the Franks, father of Charlemagne. Phoe' bus, another name for Apollo. Pied' mont, a district in northern Italy. Pol' lux, the twin brother of Castor, and brother of Helen. Po sei' don, supreme lord of the sea; same as Neptune. Pri' am, the last king of Troy. Pu elle', an ancient forest in France. ...
— Hero Tales • James Baldwin
... igloo in the village, moving silently and mysteriously. At last there is not a light left in the place, and having extinguished every fire they can find, they kindle a fresh one, going through in the meantime solemn ceremonies. From this one source, all the fires and lights in the district ...
— Threads of Grey and Gold • Myrtle Reed
... luck of having from the very lips of this octogenarian, an account of the share he had in conducting as one of the cavalry detachment detailed to escort Colonel Winfield Scott and brother officers from Beauport, where they were confined as prisoners on parole, to the district prison in St. Stanislas street (the Morrin College) from whence the "big" Colonel and his comrades were taken and lodged in Colonel Coffin's house ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine


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