diocesan
/dʌɪˈɒsɪsən/US/daɪˈɑsɪsən/
diocesan adjective: pertaining to a diocese.
Adjective
diocesan (not comparable)
Noun
diocesan (plural diocesans)
- The bishop of a diocese.
- An inhabitant of a diocese.
- The bishop of Chartres indignantly informed the king that his diocesans were dying like flies and eating grass like sheep, and indeed both the king and Fleury got a fright when their coaches were stopped in the Paris countryside by peasants crying out ‘Famine! Bread!’ rather than ‘Vive le Roi!’2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 121
diocesan meaning in Tagalog
diocesan in Tagalog
- pertaining to a diocese
- diyosesano
Synonyms of diocesan
Forms of diocesan
| plural | diocesans |
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Origin of diocesan
From Middle French diocesain.
Words formed from diocesan
Questions about diocesan
- What does diocesan mean?
- Diocesan means pertaining to a diocese.
- What is diocesan in Tagalog?
- Diocesan in Tagalog is diyosesano. See Diocesan meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is diocesan?
- Diocesan can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce diocesan?
- Diocesan is pronounced /dʌɪˈɒsɪsən/ (UK).
Words near diocesan in the dictionary
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