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Webster 1913 Edition
Diocese
Di′o-cese
,Noun.
pl.
Dioceses
(#)
. [OE.
diocise
, OF. diocise
, F. diocése
, L. dioecesis
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, fr. [GREEK] to keep house, manage; διά
through + [GREEK] to manage a household, [GREEK] a house. See Economy
.] (Eccl.)
The circuit or extent of a bishop’s jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.
[Frequently, but improperly, spelt
diocess
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Diocese
DIOCESE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
diocese
diocese
See also: diocèse
English
Alternative forms
- diœcese (archaic)
Noun
diocese (plural dioceses)
- Administrative division of the later Roman Empire, starting with the tetrarchy.
- (religion) Region administered by a bishop.
Translations
administrative division of the Roman Empire
region administered by a bishop
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