Thesaurus: district

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1. a. Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
2. n. The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
3. n. 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.
4. n. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
5. v. t. To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
6. n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
7. v. regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
8. Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.] Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe. 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. The Constitution of the United States. 3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract. These districts which between the tropics lie. Blackstone. 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.] Syn. -- Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country. To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
9. Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.
10. n:100 n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes