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diœcesan

diœcesan is the archaic form of diocesan.

Meaning of diocesan

Adjective

diocesan (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a diocese.
    • Diocesan bureaucracies were both symptom and cause of this.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 378
    Synonyms:
    diocesian

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Questions about diœcesan

What is diœcesan the archaic form of?
Diœcesan is the archaic form of diocesan.

Words near diœcesan in the dictionary

  1. diæretic
  2. diætetic
  3. diætetics
  4. diët
  5. diëts
  6. diœcesan
  7. diœcese
  8. diœceses
  9. diœcious
  10. diœstrus
  11. DJ

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