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单词 precinctuary
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precinctuaryadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: precinct n., -ary suffix1.
Etymology: Irregularly < precinct n. + -ary suffix1, after adjectives in -uary (e.g. sumptuary adj.). Compare later precinctual adj.
Obsolete.
Concerned with a cathedral precinct or close.Apparently an isolated use.
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1897 Sat. Rev. 2 Jan. 8/2 The Dean and Chapter..being..artistically ignorant, and socially mundane and precinctuary,..know no better.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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