Definition of district

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District (v. t.) To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives..

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Federal :: Federal (a.) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland..
Sanjak :: Sanjak (n.) A district or a subvision of a vilayet.
Steingale :: Steinbock (n.) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok..
Soc :: Soc (n.) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction..
Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
Municipality :: Municipality (n.) A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village..
Districted :: Districted (imp. & p. p.) of Distric.
Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris..
Adventitious :: Adventitious (a.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
Chartism :: Chartism (n.) The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter..
Thanage :: Thanage (n.) The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions..
Circuit :: Circuit (n.) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
Ruridecanal :: Ruridecanal (a.) Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect..
Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
Legation :: Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
Demarch :: Demarch (n.) A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.
Waterlandian :: Waterlandian (n.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.
Rajah :: Rajah (a.) A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts..
Soken :: Soken (n.) A district held by socage.
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