Words Like DIOCESE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to DIOCESE.
5 Alternative Words Similar to diocese
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Exarchate
Noun Hyponym
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Archdiocese
Noun Hyponym
8 definitions of diocese
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The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.
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the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
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The district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop; a bishopric.
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A district or division of a country; a province: now obsolete except when used with reference to Norway, an episcopal diocese (stift) of which, as a geographical division of the country, is sometimes regarded as a province, though it has no provincial civil administration.
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Under the Roman empire after Diocletian and Constantine, a subdivision of a prefecture, comprising a number of provinces; hence, a corresponding extent of territory as an ecclesiastical division, including a number of provinces or eparchies, each province again containing a number of parœciæ, which themselves finally came to be called dioceses in the following (modern) sense.
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The district, with its population, falling under the pastoral care of a bishop.
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Administrative division of the later Roman Empire, starting with the Tetrarchy.
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Region administered by a bishop.