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diocesan

[ dahy-os-uh-suh n ]

/ daɪˈɒs ə sən /

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adjective

of or relating to a diocese.

noun

one of the clergy or people of a diocese.

the bishop in charge of a diocese.

Origin of diocesan

1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin dioecēsānus. See diocese, -an

OTHER WORDS FROM diocesan

non·di·oc·e·san, adjective

Words nearby diocesan

dinucleotide, dinwiddie, dio cassius, dio chrysostom, dioc., diocesan, diocese, diocletian, diode, diode laser, diodorus siculus

Example sentences from the Web for diocesan

A diocesan spokesman said Wallin had been a “good and compassionate priest.”

Monsignor Meth Kevin Wallin: The Kinky Priest Who Sold Meth |Michael Daly |January 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Those who had escaped were, if they did not appear within a year before the council or their diocesan, to be excommunicated.

Secret Societies of the Middle Ages |Thomas Keightley
Both these teachers fell, as it happened, under the ban of the Diocesan Inspector's displeasure.

What Is and What Might Be |Edmond Holmes
Diocesan Funds, on the other hand, seem to have attracted the attention of wealthy donors chiefly in Dunedin and in Waiapu.

A History of the English Church in New Zealand |Henry Thomas Purchas

This question of the “diocesan visit” was fought over for nearly two hundred years.

A History of the Philippines |David P. Barrows
These conclusions are drawn from an examination of like documents in the Worcester diocesan registry.

A Life of William Shakespeare |Sidney Lee

British Dictionary definitions for diocesan

diocesan

/ (daɪˈɒsɪsən) /

adjective

of or relating to a diocese

noun

the bishop of a diocese