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diœcese

diœcese is the archaic form of diocese.

Meaning of diocese

Noun

diocese (plural dioceses)

  1. (historical) An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
  2. An ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.
    Synonyms:
    bishopric

Forms of diœcese

pluraldiœceses

Questions about diœcese

What is diœcese the archaic form of?
Diœcese is the archaic form of diocese.

Words near diœcese in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diœcese (page history and authors); diocese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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