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Definition of diocese
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of diocese is as below...
Diocese
(n.) The
circuit
or
extent
of a
bishop's
jurisdiction;
the
district
in which a
bishop
exercises
his
ecclesiastical
authority.
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Bishop
::
Bishop
(n.) In the Roman
Catholic,
Greek,
and
Anglican
or
Protestant
Episcopal
churches,
one
ordained
to the
highest
order of the
ministry,
superior
to the
priesthood,
and
generally
claiming
to be a
successor
of the
Apostles.
The
bishop
is
usually
the
spiritual
head or ruler of a
diocese,
bishopric,
or see..
Penitentiary
::
Penitentiary
(n.) An
officer
in some
dioceses
since A. D. 1215,
vested
with power from the
bishop
to
absolve
in cases
reserved
to him..
Exeat
::
Exeat (n.) A
permission
which a
bishop
grants
to a
priest
to go out of his
diocese.
Commissary
::
Commissary
(n.) An
officer
of the
bishop,
who
exercises
ecclesiastical
jurisdiction
in parts of the
diocese
at a
distance
from the
residence
of the
bishop..
Suburethral
::
Suburbicary
(a.) Being in the
suburbs;
--
applied
to the six
dioceses
in the
suburbs
of Rome
subject
to the pope as
bishop
of Rome.
Eparchy
::
Eparchy
(n.) A
province,
prefecture,
or
territory,
under the
jurisdiction
of an
eparch
or
governor;
esp., in
modern
Greece,
one of the
larger
subdivisions
of a
monarchy
or
province
of the
kingdom;
in
Russia,
a
diocese
or
archdiocese..
Diocesan
::
Diocesan
(n.) The
clergy
or the
people
of a
diocese.
Undiocesed
::
Undiocesed
(a.)
Unprovided
with a
diocese;
having
no
diocese.
Diocesener
::
Diocesener
(n.) One who
belongs
to a
diocese.
Visitation
::
Visitation
(n.)
Specifically:
The act of a
superior
or
superintending
officer
who, in the
discharge
of his
office,
visits
a
corporation,
college,
etc., to
examine
into the
manner
in which it is
conducted,
and see that its laws and
regulations
are duly
observed
and
executed;
as, the
visitation
of a
diocese
by a
bishop..
Cathedral
::
Cathedral
(a.)
Pertaining
to the head
church
of a
diocese;
as, a
cathedral
church;
cathedral
service..
Diocese
::
Diocese
(n.) The
circuit
or
extent
of a
bishop's
jurisdiction;
the
district
in which a
bishop
exercises
his
ecclesiastical
authority.
See
::
See (n.)
Specifically:
(a) The seat of
episcopal
power;
a
diocese;
the
jurisdiction
of a
bishop;
as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an
archibishop;
a
province
or
jurisdiction
of an
archibishop;
as, an
archiepiscopal
see. (c) The seat,
place,
or
office
of the pope, or Roman
pontiff;
as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to
appeal
to the see of
Rome..
Diocesan
::
Diocesan
(n.) A
bishop,
viewed
in
relation
to his
diocese;
as, the
diocesan
of New
York..
Charge
::
Charge
(v. t.) To lay on or
impose,
as a task, duty, or
trust;
to
command,
instruct,
or
exhort
with
authority;
to
enjoin;
to urge
earnestly;
as, to
charge
a jury; to
charge
the
clergy
of a
diocese;
to
charge
an
agent..
Chapter
::
Chapter
(n.) An
assembly
of
monks,
or of the
prebends
and other
clergymen
connected
with a
cathedral,
conventual,
or
collegiate
church,
or of a
diocese,
usually
presided
over by the
dean..
Bishopric
::
Bishopric
(n.) A
diocese;
the
district
over which the
jurisdiction
of a
bishop
extends.
Dioceses
::
Dioceses
(pl. ) of
Dioces.
Vartabed
::
Vartabed
(n.) A
doctor
or
teacher
in the
Armenian
church.
Members
of this order of
ecclesiastics
frequently
have
charge
of
dioceses,
with
episcopal
functions..
Quadragesimals
::
Quadragesimals
(n. pl.)
Offerings
formerly
made to the
mother
church
of a
diocese
on
Mid-Lent
Sunday.
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