Diocese
21Diocese — The territorial limits of a Bishop s Jurisdiction. Properly speaking the Diocese is the real unit of Church life. Originally the Bishop went first in the establishing of the Church in any nation or country; out of this Jurisdiction grew the… …
22Diocese — Diocletian (q.v.) reorganized the empire s provinces (q.v.) into 12 secular dioceses, each governed by a vicar. The dioceses were subsequently grouped into four larger prefectures (q.v.). The system lasted until the seventh century. Church… …
23diocese — [14] Etymologically, diocese means ‘administration’, and only gradually did the word become more concrete and specific, via ‘area administered, province’ to ‘ecclesiastical province’. It comes ultimately from Greek dioíkēsis, a derivative of… …
24diocese — UK [ˈdaɪəsɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms diocese : singular diocese plural dioceses an area that a bishop (= a senior Christian priest) is in charge of …
25diocese — di•o•cese [[t]ˈdaɪ ə sɪs, ˌsiz, ˌsis[/t]] n. rel a district under the jurisdiction of a bishop • Etymology: 1300–50; ME diocise, diocese < AF < LL diocēsis, var. of LL, L dioecēsis, < Gk dioíkēsis housekeeping, administration, diocese… …
26diocese — [14] Etymologically, diocese means ‘administration’, and only gradually did the word become more concrete and specific, via ‘area administered, province’ to ‘ecclesiastical province’. It comes ultimately from Greek dioíkēsis, a derivative of… …
27diocese — [[t]da͟ɪ͟əsɪs[/t]] dioceses N COUNT A diocese is the area over which a bishop has control …
28diocese — [ dʌɪəsɪs] noun (plural dioceses dʌɪəsi:z, si:zɪz) a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church. Origin ME: from OFr. diocise, from late L. diocesis, from L. dioecesis governor s jurisdiction, diocese …
29diocese — /ˈdaɪəsəs / (say duyuhsuhs) noun (plural dioceses /ˈdaɪəsiz / (say duyuhseez)) the district, with its population, falling under the pastoral care of a bishop. {Middle English diocise, from Old French, from Medieval Latin diocēsis, for Latin… …
30diocese — This word (from the Greek diokēsis, meaning province ) refers to a community of believers or a particular church presided over by a bishop; usually a diocese consists of a geographical area but sometimes it is constituted by people of the same …
