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A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diocese
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: see
The office or function of a bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: see, seat
the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diocese, episcopate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jurisdiction
Narrower terms: archdiocese, eparchy, exarchate
From Middle English bischopriche, from Old English bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop + -ric (compare German Reich).
Across languages
Translations 61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan :
bisbat
— diocese
Coptic :
ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲏ
(episkopē)
— diocese
Czech :
biskupství
— diocese
Danish :
bispedømme
— diocese
Danish :
stift
— diocese
Danish :
bispesæde
— diocese
Dutch :
bisdom
— diocese
Dutch :
diocees
— diocese
Dutch :
diocese
— diocese
Estonian :
piiskopkond
— diocese
Finnish :
hiippakunta
— diocese
French :
évêché
— diocese
German :
Bistum
— diocese
German :
Diözese
— diocese
Greenlandic :
biskoppeqarfik
— diocese
Hungarian :
püspökség
— diocese
Icelandic :
biskupsdæmi
— diocese
Ido :
episkopio
— diocese
Indonesian :
keuskupan
— diocese
Italian :
vescovato
— diocese
Latin :
dioecēsis
— diocese
Latvian :
bīskapija
— diocese
Macedonian :
епархија
(eparhija)
— diocese
Macedonian :
бискупија
(biskupija)
— diocese
Malay :
keuskupan
— diocese
Malay :
biskoprik
— diocese
Māori :
pīhopatanga
— diocese
Middle English :
byschopryke
— diocese
Polish :
diecezja
— diocese
Polish :
biskupstwo
— diocese
Portuguese :
episcopado
— diocese
Portuguese :
bispado
— diocese
Romanian :
episcopie
— diocese
Russian :
епа́рхия
(jepárxija)
— diocese
Skolt-Sami :
aa ́rhelkå ́dd
— diocese
Serbo-Croatian :
биску̀пија
— diocese
Serbo-Croatian :
biskùpija
— diocese
Slovene :
škofija
— diocese
Lower Sorbian :
biskupstwo
— diocese
Spanish :
obispado
— diocese
Swedish :
biskopsdöme
— diocese
Swedish :
biskopdöme
— diocese
Tagalog :
obispado
— diocese
Tagalog :
diyosesis
— diocese
Turkish :
piskoposluk
— diocese
Czech :
biskupství
— function of being bishop
Dutch :
episcopaat
— function of being bishop
French :
épiscopat
— function of being bishop
Hungarian :
püspökség
— function of being bishop
Latin :
episcopātus
— function of being bishop
Low German :
Bisdom
— function of being bishop
Macedonian :
епископство
(episkopstvo)
— function of being bishop
Macedonian :
бискупство
(biskupstvo)
— function of being bishop
Māori :
pīhopatanga
— function of being bishop
Middle English :
bischopriche
— function of being bishop
Polish :
biskupstwo
— function of being bishop
Portuguese :
episcopado
— function of being bishop
Portuguese :
bispado
— function of being bishop
Romanian :
episcopat
— function of being bishop
Swedish :
biskopat
— function of being bishop
Tagalog :
obispado
— function of being bishop
