diocese
/ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/
diocese noun: an administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
Noun
diocese (plural dioceses)
- An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
- An ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.
- Synonyms:
- bishopric
diocese meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
diocese in Hindi
- region administered by a bishop
- धर्मप्रांत dharmprānt
diocese in Tamil
- மறைமாவட்டம்
diocese in Marathi
- डायोसिस, डायोसीस, डायोसिझ
diocese in Telugu
- డియోసిస్, డయోసెస్, డయోసిస్
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- diocese in Malayalam
- ഇടവക, രൂപത, അതിരൂപത, പള്ളിയിടവക
- diocese in Kannada
- ಡಯೋಸಿಸ್
- diocese in Punjabi
- ਡਾਯੋਸਿਸ
- diocese in Gujarati
- ડાયોસિસ, ડાયોસીસ
- diocese in Odia
- ଡାଇଓସିଜ୍, ଡାଯୋସିଜ୍, ଡାଯୋସିସ୍
- diocese in Nepali
- डायोसिज
- diocese in Tagalog
- diyosesis
- diocese in Arabic
- أَبْرَشِيَّة ʔabrašiyya
- diocese in Indonesian
- keuskupan, dioses
- diocese in Vietnamese
- giáo phận, giáo khu
Examples of diocese in a sentence
- All of the nine Francis appointed had, like him, substantial experience at the coalface, as heads of large dioceses.
- Fr Kalathil says that just like there is a demand for Versus Populum in Ernakulam-Angamaly there are strong proponents of Ad Orientem in other dioceses.
- Leonti Mroveli, it is assumed, was an ecclesiast, Mroveli being the adjective for the diocese of Ruisi, whose bishop he probably was.
Synonyms of diocese
Forms of diocese
| plural | dioceses |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | diœcese |
| alternative form (obsolete) | diocesse |
Origin of diocese
From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).
Words formed from diocese
Words that rhyme with diocese
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Questions about diocese
- What does diocese mean?
- Diocese means an administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
- What is diocese in Hindi?
- Diocese in Hindi is धर्मप्रांत (dharmprānt). See Diocese meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is diocese?
- Diocese is a noun.
- How do you pronounce diocese?
- Diocese is pronounced /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/.
- What is the plural of diocese?
- The plural of diocese is dioceses.
Words near diocese in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diocese (page history and authors); diocese (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diocese (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diocese (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diocese (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); diocese (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diocese (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diocese (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diocese (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diocese (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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