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diocese
/ˈdaɪəˌsiz/
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What does diocese mean?
noun
- An ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.
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noun
- (historical) An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdaɪəˌsiz/
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ASKING Father Missael on his arrival to take a seat, the bishop told him what had happened in his diocese.
The larger the diocese of the patron, the fatter the curacy for the favorite.
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But Alexander Crummell said, slowly and heavily: “I will never enter your diocese on such terms.”
All the inferior ecclesiastical benefices comprehended within the diocese were collated by the bishop, who bestowed them upon such ecclesiastics as he thought proper.
The power which the pope has, in a general way, over purgatory, is just like the power which any bishop or curate has, in a special way, within his own diocese or parish.