- In modern times, many dioceses, though later subdivided, have preserved the boundaries of a long-vanished Roman administrative division.
- Kelime ve terimleri çevir ve farklı aksanlarda sesli dinleme. diocese piskoposluk bölgesi diocese of the armenian church of america ne demek.
- A diocese is the geographic area under the pastoral care of a particular bishop. Originally a territorial unit of imperial Roman governance...
- These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'diocese.'
- From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις...
- I. ORIGIN OF TERM Originally the term diocese (Gr. dioikesis ) signified management of a household, thence administration or government in general.
- The secular diocese was subdivided into provinces, each with its own governor; but, in the ecclesiastical.
- DIOCESE. In early Greek sources (eleventh and twelfth centuries), the term signified a province, either secular or ecclesiastical.
- 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...
- While a diocese is commonly associated with the Western (Latin) Church, an eparchy pertains to the Eastern Christian traditions.