diocesans
diocesans is the plural of diocesan.
Meaning of diocesan
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
Questions about diocesans
- What is diocesans the plural of?
- Diocesans is the plural of diocesan.
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