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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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