What is "precincts"

Usage examples of "precincts".

You always loved her story, that of a person who mastered her own powers and went her own way, disappearing into the Silent Precincts one day, never to be seen again.

I have before described as being situated within the precincts of the Taboo Groves.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE THE FEAST OF CALABASHES THE whole population of the valley seemed to be gathered within the precincts of the grove.

No women are allowed near his Great Altar, and in memory of his journey to the Underworld no dogs are permitted in his precincts, for dogs are chthonic, and all black creatures.

In terraces up the slopes of Mount Cynthus were the precincts and temples of those gods imported to Delos during the years when it had lain under the patronage of the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Seleucids of Syria.

Recreation areas in the precincts were adequate for exercise, but this had a quality of size that filled the mind.

Stanacre, but there was a schematic diagram of the whole city, which showed that the precincts were on the same general plan.

Delta precincts showed that unrest was spreading in widening rings from Woodslee.

The boy had been a server there at the sanctuary, the humblest of servers, sweeping the precincts, gathering wood for the sacred fire, which was tended by others.

She left her room and made her way through the narrow passages on the north side of the palace, emerging below the walls, near the precincts of the shrine.

Recorder also take heed that he receive not any doctrine, or point of doctrine, that is not communicated to him by his Superior Teacher, nor yet within the precincts of his own formal knowledge.