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🏛️ Related to a diocese ⛪ A church bishop
diocesan

diocesan

1 9.9
A bishop who leads a district of the church
  • noun
  • /daɪˈoʊsɪn/
translation icon : diocesano
  • Most of them were educated in the diocesan Saint Francis seminary.
  • diocesan organization

Examples

  • During the annual event, the diocesan leader addressed the crowd about upcoming initiatives.

  • The diocesan bishop held a meeting to discuss important community issues.

  • Even the local section of the diocesan organization was overwhelmed by hardship.

    Academic text (1992)

  • In fact, 211 clergy are listed on the diocesan website.

    Blog text (26)

  • Cedar School is a K-12 coeducational Catholic diocesan school.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The Diocese of Greensburg was formed from among counties formerly within the Pittsburgh Diocesan boundaries this year.

    Academic text (1994)

  • From Rede Mulher, they sought organizational help; from the bishop, they asked for a space in the centrally located diocesan buildings in which to hold meetings.

    Academic text (1999)

  • After the reconquest of Jerusalem by Saladin's army in 1188, Acre, a diocesan see, was the capital of the Crusaders' realms.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Undoubtedly following the English pattern, Boniface clearly envisions both a diocesan and a monastic structure as essential to the Christianization of Germany and especially to its educational formation.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Earlier, McCloskey's critics had met with the new director of the Aquinas Foundation, a Trenton diocesan priest named Vincent Keane, to demand McCloskey's removal.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

bishop
vsdiocesan
210 3.9

A senior church leader who supervises priests in a group of local churches

is the church officer who has jurisdiction over a diocese
prelate
vsdiocesan
  • Jargon
12 9.1

A senior church leader who has authority over other clergy

is a specific church officer who has jurisdiction over a diocese

Surface Forms

diocesan singular
diocesan plural

Morphology

diocesan = diocese (semi-transparent) = diocese + an

Formed by diocese + -an, but the specific noun sense 'a bishop having jurisdiction' is a specialized occupational use that may not be fully predictable for learners.

Etymology

Diocesan comes from diocese, a word from Greek that meant an area of 'administration' or a district. So a diocesan (as a noun) is the bishop who runs and cares for that church district.