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1. (n.) diocese
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 =dioikē-, var. s. of dioikeîn to keep house, administer)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) diocese, bishopric, episcopate
the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
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1. (noun) Diocese
the circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority
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Sense: the district over which a bishop has authority.
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 Afrikaans: bisdom |
 Arabic: أبْرَشِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: епархия |
 Brazilian: diocese |
 Czech: diecéze |
 German: die Diözese |
 Danish: stift; bispedømme |
 Greek: επισκοπή |
 Spanish: diócesis |
 Estonian: piiskopkond |
 Farsi: قلمرو اسقف |
 Finnish: hiippakunta |
 French: diocèse |
 Hebrew: מָחוֹז הַבִּישוֹף |
 Hindi: धर्म प्रदेश |
 Croatian: dijeceza, biskupija |
 Hungarian: egyházmegye |
 Indonesian: keuskupan |
 Icelandic: biskupsdæmi |
 Italian: diocesi |
 Japanese: 司教管区 |
 Korean: 교구 |
 Lithuanian: vyskupystė |
 Latvian: bīskapija |
 Malay: mukim |
 Dutch: diocees |
 Norwegian: bispedømme |
 Polish: diecezja |
 Persian: قلمرو اسقف |
 Pashto: هغه ټبر يا منطقه چه ديوه |
 Portuguese: diocese |
 Romanian: dioceză |
 Russian: епархия |
 Slovak: diecéza |
 Slovenian: škofija |
 Serbian: eparhija |
 Swedish: stift, biskopsdöme |
 Thai: เขตการปกครองของบิชอป |
 Turkish: piskoposluk bölgesi |
 Taiwanese: 主教教區 |
 Ukrainian: єпархія, єпископство |
 Urdu: بشپ یا اسقف کی عملداری کا |
 Vietnamese: giáo khu |
 Chinese: 主教教区 |
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