Cir'cum-scrip'tion, n.

n. [Lat. circumscription. See CIRCUMSCRIBE.]

1. A circular inscription. [Rare.] Ashmole.
2. The termination or limits of a body; the exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body. Ray.
3. The limitation by conditions, restraints, &c.; bound; confinement; limit. “The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature.” Johnson.