Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a diocese.
- noun The bishop of a diocese.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a diocese.
- noun A bishop as related to his own diocese; one in possession of a diocese and having the ecclesiastical jurisdiction over it.
- noun One of the clergy or people in a diocese; a diocesener.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a diocese.
- noun A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese.
- noun The clergy or the people of a diocese.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
diocese . - noun The
bishop of adiocese . - noun An inhabitant of a
diocese .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective belonging to or governing a diocese
- noun a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
Etymologies
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Examples
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He called the diocesan office in search of a supply priest.
Archive 2006-03-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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He called the diocesan office in search of a supply priest.
Lent 4: Homily on Christian Nurture Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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Others suppose a particular church to be such a one as is now called diocesan, though that name in its first use and application to church affairs was of a larger extent than what is is now applied unto, for it was of old the name of a patriarchal church.
A Discourse concerning Evangelical Love, Church Peace, and Unity 1616-1683 1965
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Bishop Valentine strove to strengthen the ancient Faith among his people by calling a diocesan synod in 1539, at which he promulgated a number of decrees; but in vain.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The official charged with the execution of these duties is known as the diocesan chancellor.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The so-called diocesan process of his beatification was begun on 11
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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His arguments have to do with a reading of the Constitution of the Episcopal Church, the fact that the forming bodies of the Episcopal Church were state conventions (later called diocesan conventions) and that the first dioceses, like the first states, were present before the union called the General Convention and never gave authority to a supra-diocesan entity.
PRELUDIUM 2008
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a diocese, which are called diocesan synods rather than councils.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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12 (St Gregory must have taken a turn in his tomb) where the idea of diocesan autonomy is more clearly linked to the litigation taking place (or due to take place) in a number of dioceses - a topic bruited upon in the email thread gone public.
unknown title 2009
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Apostolic of the Western District, proposed to the community that they should abandon the monastic state and become a kind of diocesan seminary under himself.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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