WARD Copy link • WARDs. In fencing, ictus propulsatio. A district of a town, circuitus (general term, any circuit): vicus (a division of a town, consisting of several adjoining houses, dimensis vicorum ordinibus et latis viarum spatiis, Tac.): paroecia (παροικία, whence the corrupted form parochia, ecclesiastical, a parish): regio (one of the divisions of Rome). Custody, Vid: One under the care of a guardian, pupillus; (feminine) pupilla. Relating to a ward, pupillaris.