diocese
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- noun
- /ˈdaɪəsɪs/
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diócesis
- The bishop oversees several parishes within his diocese.
- Catholic diocese
- bishop of the diocese
- priests of the diocese
So wherever I land, you know, any place I go in this diocese, I will preach in some way, I'll teach in some way.
- So wherever I land, you know, any place I go in this diocese, I will preach in some way, I'll teach in some way.
Examples
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Religious accompaniment in the diocese also takes the form of education.
Academic text (1996) -
First-grade children in 29 schools of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh were included in this study.
Academic text (2012) -
I got a letter from my diocese.
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I have a friend over at the diocese.
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I just wanted to stop by and welcome you and your family to the diocese.
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At a broader community level, the local diocese was involved.
Academic text (2011) -
So, later, I was contacted by the Diocese of Rome.
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There are some people at the diocese that I want to talk to about Angela.
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Bishop Robert F. Morneau is auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Fiction book (1994) -
In 1996, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts shifted its diocese boundaries from political divisions to watershed boundaries.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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An area under the control of a bishop
The area that a bishop is in charge of
A district led by a bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church
The job and area a senior church leader is in charge of
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diocese comes from the Greek word dioikesis, which means 'management' or 'administration'. It was used for an area a leader managed, so today a diocese is the district a bishop looks after, and you can remember this by thinking of economy, which also began as a Greek idea of 'house management'.