- en.wikipedia.org DioceseIn modern times, many dioceses, though later subdivided, have preserved the boundaries of a long-vanished Roman administrative division.
- orthodoxwiki.org DioceseA diocese is the geographic area under the pastoral care of a particular bishop. Originally a territorial unit of imperial Roman governance...
- merriam-webster.com dictionary/dioceseThese examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'diocese.'
- tureng.com tr/turkce-ingilizce/dioceseKelime ve terimleri çevir ve farklı aksanlarda sesli dinleme. diocese piskoposluk bölgesi diocese of the armenian church of america ne demek.
- en.wiktionary.org wiki/dioceseFrom Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις...
- catholic.org encyclopedia/view.php…I. ORIGIN OF TERM Originally the term diocese (Gr. dioikesis ) signified management of a household, thence administration or government in general.
- britannica.com topic/dioceseThe secular diocese was subdivided into provinces, each with its own governor; but, in the ecclesiastical.
- thefreedictionary.com diocesea district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. [1300–50; Middle English diocise, diocese < Anglo-French < Late Latin diocēsis, variant of Late Latin, Latin dioecēsis...
- linguism.co.uk language/dioceseAn older spelling for diocese was ‘diocess’. If we had kept this spelling, perhaps the plural, ‘diocesses’, would have stood more chance of surviving.
- dictionary.com browse/dioceseDiocese definition: an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.. See examples of DIOCESE used in a sentence.