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di·o·cese
(dī′ə-sĭs, -sēs′, -sēz′)n.
The district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop; a bishopric.
[Middle English diocise, from Old French, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, jurisdiction, from Greek dioikēsis, administration, from dioikein, to keep house, administer : dia-, intensive pref.; see dia- + oikein, to inhabit (from oikos, house; see weik- in Indo-European roots).]
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diocese
(ˈdaɪəsɪs)n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) the district under the jurisdiction of a bishop
[C14: from Old French, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Greek dioikēsis administration, from dioikein to manage a household, from oikos house]
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di•o•cese
(ˈdaɪ ə sɪs, -ˌsiz, -ˌsis)n.
a district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
[1300–50; Middle English diocise, diocese < Anglo-French < Late Latin diocēsis, variant of Late Latin, Latin dioecēsis, < Greek dioíkēsis housekeeping, administration, diocese =dioikē-, variant s. of dioikeîn to keep house, administer]
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| Noun | 1. |  diocese - the territorial jurisdiction of a bishoparchdiocese - the diocese of an archbishop see - the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located jurisdiction - in law; the territory within which power can be exercised parish - the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor |
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(ˈdaiəsis) noun the district over which a bishop has authority. diócesis
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