diocèse

• diœceſe (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis).

• IPA^(key): /djɔ.sɛz/

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• Homophone: diocèses

diocèse m (plural diocèses)

1. (historical) diocese (administrative district in some ancient Roman provinces)
2. (Christianity) diocese (ecclesiastical territorial division subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop or of his legitimate substitute)

• archidiocèse
• diocésain

• Haitian Creole: dyosèz

• “diocèse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

diocèse m (plural diocèses)

1. alternative form of dgiocèse