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di·o·cese

(dī′ə-sĭs, -sēs′, -sēz′)

The district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop; a bishopric.

[Middle English diocise, from Old French, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, jurisdiction, from Greek dioikēsis, administration, from dioikein, to keep house, administer : dia-, intensive pref.; see dia- + oikein, to inhabit (from oikos, house; see weik- in Indo-European roots).]

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diocese

(ˈdaɪəsɪs)

(Ecclesiastical Terms) the district under the jurisdiction of a bishop

[C14: from Old French, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Greek dioikēsis administration, from dioikein to manage a household, from oikos house]

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di•o•cese

(ˈdaɪ ə sɪs, -ˌsiz, -ˌsis)

n.

a district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

[1300–50; Middle English diocise, diocese < Anglo-French < Late Latin diocēsis, variant of Late Latin, Latin dioecēsis, < Greek dioíkēsis housekeeping, administration, diocese =dioikē-, variant s. of dioikeîn to keep house, administer]

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Noun

diocese - the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

bishopric, episcopate

archdiocese - the diocese of an archbishop

exarchate, eparchy - a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church

see - the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

jurisdiction - in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

parish - the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

diocese

noun bishopric, see parishioners of the bishop's diocese

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Translations

أبْرَشِيَّه

diecéze

bispedømmestift

Diözese Bistum

episkopujo

diócesis obispado

hiippakunta

diocèse

egyházmegye

biskupsdæmi

diocesi

教区

vyskupystė

bīskapija

diecéza

piskoposluk bölgesi

主教教区

diocese

[ˈdaɪəsɪs] N → diócesis f inv

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diocese

[ˈdaɪəsɪs] n → diocèse m

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diocese

n → Diözese f, → Bistum nt

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diocese

[ˈdaɪəsɪs] n → diocesi f inv

diocese

(ˈdaiəsis) noun

the district over which a bishop has authority.

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"Ah, monsieur," said Bazin, with dignity, "monseigneur is at his diocese."

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Although her sins might have been proclaimed throughout the diocese without any shame to herself, or ill effects to the community, the cure thought it advisable to receive her confession in the vestry-room.

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"I came in fear and trembling to ask for a very small cheque for my dear brother's diocese. My brother is a colonial bishop, you know.

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The bishop of the diocese, an arrogant scion of the great nobility, claimed the girl's estate on the ground that she had married privately, and thus had cheated the Church out of one of its rights as lord of the seigniory -- the one heretofore referred to as le droit du seigneur.

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``Friend Prior,'' returned the Hermit, ``you are to know that I belong to a little diocese, where I am my own diocesan, and care as little for the Bishop of York as I do for the Abbot of Jorvaulx, the Prior, and all the convent.''

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That, perhaps, in short, this Prerogative Office of the diocese of Canterbury was altogether such a pestilent job, and such a pernicious absurdity, that but for its being squeezed away in a corner of St.

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The abbe died when orthodoxy thus expired in the diocese.

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Stelling's doctrine was of no particular school; if anything, it had a tinge of evangelicalism, for that was "the telling thing" just then in the diocese to which King's Lorton belonged.

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Time, patience, and zeal, however, removed every impediment, and the venerable men who had been set apart by the American churches at length returned to their expecting dioceses, endowed with the most elevated functions of their earthly church.

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The relic, which consists of bone fragments housed in a special reliquary, is currently being hosted by the Diocese of Kabankalan until April 11.

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Bishop of Owo Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Right Reverend Stephen Ayodele Fagbemi, speaks with Rita Okonoboh, on how the diocese has fared in the past 35 years, and the lessons Nigeria can learn in ensuring development.

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Noah Njegovan, a former priest who once served as executive archdeacon of the diocese of Brandon, has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $190,000 from the diocese.