adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to a diocese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
diocesan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dʌɪˈɒsɪsən/
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US: /daɪˈɑsɪsən/
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CMU ARPABET: D AY0 AA1 S AH0 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The bishop of a diocese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An inhabitant of a diocese.
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adjective
Meaning 4
belonging to or governing a diocese
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 5
a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bishop
History
Etymology
From Middle French diocesain.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: diocesà — pertaining to a diocese
- Czech: diecézní — pertaining to a diocese
- French: diocésain — pertaining to a diocese
- Galician: diocesano — pertaining to a diocese
- Italian: diocesano — pertaining to a diocese
- Norman: dgiocésain — pertaining to a diocese
- Polish: diecezjalny — pertaining to a diocese
- Portuguese: diocesano — pertaining to a diocese
- Romanian: diecezan — pertaining to a diocese
- Spanish: diocesano — pertaining to a diocese
- Swedish: stifts- — pertaining to a diocese
- Tagalog: diyosesano — pertaining to a diocese
- Polish: diecezjanin — inhabitant of a diocese
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