"diocese" meaning in English

See diocese in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/, /-siz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diocese.wav Forms: dioceses [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs, -aɪəsiz Etymology: From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|dwóh₁}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|diocise}} Middle English diocise, {{der|en|fro|diocese}} Old French diocese, {{der|en|LL.|diocēsis}} Late Latin diocēsis, {{der|en|la|dioecēsis|t=district under a governor}} Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), {{der|en|grc|διοίκησις|t=internal administration}} Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} diocese (plural dioceses)
  1. (historical) An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism Translations (administrative division of the Roman Empire): diokeesi (Finnish), deoise [feminine] (Irish), diecezja [feminine] (Polish), dioceză [feminine] (Romanian)
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  2. (Christianity) A group of parishes administered by a bishop. Categories (topical): Christianity, Anglicanism, Catholicism Hyponyms: archdiocese Translations (region administered by a bishop): أَبْرَشِيَّة (ʔabrašiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), թեմ (tʻem) (Armenian), yeparxiya (Azerbaijani), elizbarruti (Basque), епа́рхія (jepárxija) [feminine] (Belarusian), дыяцэ́зія (dyjacézija) [feminine] (Belarusian), епа́рхия (epárhija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), diòcesi [masculine] (Catalan), 教區 (Chinese Mandarin), 教区 (jiàoqū) (Chinese Mandarin), diecéze [feminine] (Czech), bispedømme [neuter] (Danish), stift [formal, neuter] (Danish), bisdom (Dutch), diocees [neuter] (Dutch), diocese [feminine] (Dutch), episkopujo (Esperanto), diocezo (Esperanto), piiskopkond (Estonian), biskupsdømi [neuter] (Faroese), hiippakunta (Finnish), diocèse [masculine] (French), éparchie [feminine] (French), diocese [feminine] (Galician), Diözese [feminine] (German), Bistum [neuter] (German), Eparchie [feminine] (German), επισκοπή (episkopí) [feminine] (Greek), biskoppeqarfik (Greenlandic), püspökség (Hungarian), biskupsdæmi [neuter] (Icelandic), diocezo (Ido), keuskupan (Indonesian), dioses (Indonesian), deoise [feminine] (Irish), diocesi [feminine] (Italian), 教区 (kyōku) (alt: きょうく) (Japanese), 교구 (gyogu) (alt: 敎區) (Korean), diecēzē [feminine] (Latvian), vyskupija [feminine] (Lithuanian), епархија (eparhija) [feminine] (Macedonian), dgiocèse [masculine] (Norman), bispedømme [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), bispedøme [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bispedømme [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), diecezja [feminine] (Polish), diocese [feminine] (Portuguese), dioceză [feminine] (Romanian), епа́рхия (jepárxija) [feminine] (Russian), диоце́з (diocéz) [masculine] (Russian), дијецеза [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), епархија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dijeceza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), eparhija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aa´rhelkå´dd (Skolt Sami), diecéza [feminine] (Slovak), dieceza [feminine] (Slovene), škofija [feminine] (Slovene), diócesis [feminine] (Spanish), dayosisi (Swahili), stift [neuter] (Swedish), diyosesis (Tagalog), başpiskoposluk (Turkish), тем (tem) (Udi), єпа́рхія (jepárxija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), діоце́з (diocéz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дієце́зія (dijecézija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), giáo phận (Vietnamese), giáo khu (alt: 教區) (Vietnamese), esgobaeth (Welsh), esgobaethau [plural] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diœcese [archaic], diocesse [obsolete] Derived forms: undiocesed Related terms: archdiocesan, bishopric, diocesan, nullius diœcesis, parish

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      "expansion": "Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "διοίκησις",
        "t": "internal administration"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dioceses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "diocese (plural dioceses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "archdiocesan"
    },
    {
      "word": "bishopric"
    },
    {
      "word": "diocesan"
    },
    {
      "word": "nullius diœcesis"
    },
    {
      "word": "parish"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Roman Empire",
          "Roman Empire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of parishes administered by a bishop."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "archdiocese"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "parish",
          "parish"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) A group of parishes administered by a bishop."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-siz/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪəsɪs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪəsiz"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "diœcese"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "diocesse"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "administrative division of the Roman Empire",
      "word": "diokeesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "administrative division of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoise"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "administrative division of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diecezja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "administrative division of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dioceză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔabrašiyya",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أَبْرَشِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻem",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "թեմ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "yeparxiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "elizbarruti"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jepárxija",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епа́рхія"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dyjacézija",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дыяцэ́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "epárhija",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епа́рхия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diòcesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "教區"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàoqū",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "教区"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diecéze"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bispedømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stift"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "bisdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "diocees"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diocese"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "episkopujo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "diocezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "piiskopkond"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "biskupsdømi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "hiippakunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diocèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "éparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diocese"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Diözese"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bistum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "episkopí",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επισκοπή"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "biskoppeqarfik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "püspökség"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "biskupsdæmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "diocezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "keuskupan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "dioses"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoise"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diocesi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōku",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "教区"
    },
    {
      "alt": "敎區",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyogu",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "교구"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diecēzē"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vyskupija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "eparhija",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епархија"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dgiocèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bispedømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bispedøme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bispedømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diecezja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diocese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dioceză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jepárxija",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епа́рхия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diocéz",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диоце́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дијецеза"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епархија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dijeceza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparhija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "aa´rhelkå´dd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diecéza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dieceza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "škofija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diócesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "dayosisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stift"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "diyosesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "başpiskoposluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "udi",
      "lang": "Udi",
      "roman": "tem",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "тем"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jepárxija",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "єпа́рхія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "diocéz",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "діоце́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dijecézija",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дієце́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "giáo phận"
    },
    {
      "alt": "教區",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "giáo khu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "word": "esgobaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "region administered by a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "esgobaethau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diocese"
}

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