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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diocese \Di"o*cese\, n.; pl {Dioceses}. [OE. diocise, OF diocise, F. dioc['e]se, L. dioecesis fr Gr ? housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, fr ? to keep house, manage; dia` through + ? to manage a household, ? a house. See {Economy}.] (Eccl.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. [Frequently, but improperly, spelt {diocess}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diocese n : the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop [syn: {bishopric}]
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