precinctualadj.
/prᵻˈsɪŋ(k)tʃʊəl/, /prᵻˈsɪŋ(k)tʃ(ᵿ)l/, /prɪˈsɪŋ(k)tjʊəl/, /prɪˈsɪŋ(k)tjᵿl/, U.S. /prəˈsɪŋ(k)(t)ʃə(wə)l/ British.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city precinct.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective]
precinctual1947
1947 Times 20 Nov. 5/4 The purpose..is to restore to the whole area the precinctual character it had up to the end of Georgian times.
1949 Archit. Rev. 106 144 The plan is clearly based on the precinctual theory, with interconnected squares, throughout which the pedestrian receives priority.
1960 Guardian 15 June 28/4 The road..‘would be prejudicial to the precinctual character of the area’.
1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space iv. 82 Precinctual planning, with all through traffic excluded, began to be widespread, following the example of Coventry which had pioneered it immediately after the war.
1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 23 May 2 The appeals board took the view that it ‘adds significantly to the precinctual atmosphere’ of the streets immediately adjoining Dublin Castle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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