The Collaborative International Dictionary
Procinct
Procinct \Pro*cinct"\, n. [L. procinctus, fr. procingere,
procinctum, to gird up.]
A state of complete readiness for action. [Obs.] ``War in
procinct.''
--Milton.
Wiktionary
procinct
n. (context obsolete English) A state of complete readiness for action.
Usage examples of "procinct".
The witness himself has not yet been identified but a description of him and a composite sketch were released by Deputy Inspector William Silvano of the Manhattan Borough detectives in command in a late afternoon news conference at the 20th Procinct on 82nd Street.
And in sedition, men being always in the procincts of battell, to hold together, and use all advantages of force, is a better stratagem, than any that can proceed from any subtilty of Wit.