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Webster 1913 Edition

Diocesan

Di-oc′e-san

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[LL.
dioecesanus
: cf. F.
diocésain
.]
Of or pertaining to a diocese;
as,
diocesan
missions
.

Di-oc′e-san

,
Noun.
1.
A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese;
as, the
diocesan
of New York
.
2.
pl.
The clergy or the people of a diocese.
Strype.

Webster 1828 Edition

Diocesan

DIOCESAN

,
Adj.
[See Diocese. The accent on the first and on the third syllable is nearly equal. The accent given to this word int he English books is wrong, almost to ridiculousness.] Pertaining to a diocese.

DIOCESAN

,
Noun.
A bishop; one in possession of a diocese, and having the ecclesiastical jurisdiction over it.

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