diocese
[dahy-uh-sis, -seez, -sees]
- an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
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Origin of diocese
1300–50; Middle English diocise, diocese < Anglo-French < Late Latin diocēsis, variant of Late Latin, Latin dioecēsis, < Greek dioíkēsis housekeeping, administration, province, diocese, equivalent to dioikē-, variant stem of dioikeîn to keep house, administer, govern (di- di-3 + oikeîn to dwell, occupy, manage, derivative of oîkos house) + -sis -sis
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Contemporary Examples
Father Taraborelli is a trained exorcist for the Rome diocese, and his work schedule is very busy.
His predecessor had just banned three priests in his diocese from public ministry.
More than $600,000 has been paid in lawsuits to victims in the Los Angeles diocese.
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In addition, diocese officials found bizarre sex toys in Wallin's residence, the sources said.
Anyone who crossed the wrong cardinals in Rome risked being sent to oversee the troubled American diocese.
Historical Examples
Here the clergy of the diocese may come and consult the volumes.
The bishop of the diocese thought it worth while to protest.
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It so happened that the Bishop of Poitiers was in his diocese at the time.
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Here was a young man, from Heaven knows where, bent on entering the diocese.
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Well, I 'd not object to the Episcopate if there was some good shooting in the diocese.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II.Charles James Lever
diocese
- the district under the jurisdiction of a bishop
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Word Origin
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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Word Origin and History for diocese
n.
early 14c., from Old French diocese (13c., Modern French diocèse), from Late Latin diocesis "a governor's jurisdiction," later, "a bishop's jurisdiction," from Greek dioikesis "government, administration; province," originally "economy, housekeeping," from dioikein "control, govern, administer, manage a house," from dia- "thoroughly" (see dia-) + oikos "house" (see villa).
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