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  1. noun The district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop; a bishopric.

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  • Bishop Crosby said the whole process has been a horrible ordeal for victims and the church, but he is glad the diocese was able to do what it could to try and make amends for the men who were abused at the hands of Father Bennett. —  The Western Star: Local
  • Fortunately, the diocese was able to purchase a beautiful convent building for them. —  The hermeneutic of continuity
  • If the lawyers and legal affairs people with the diocese are all liberals, then I suppose the shoe fits. —  Catholic Sensibility
  • The court's decision to not hear the case against the diocese is the end of the legal road for the Schauers, but it's also the beginning of David Schauer's continuous fight to keep children safe in the future. —  WBAY Action 2 News
  • Nearly all of the recommendations of the local planning groups across the diocese were adopted in the final decisions, Goldfarb said. —  The Observer-Dispatch Home RSS
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  1. Middle English diocise, from Old French, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, jurisdiction, from Greek dioikēsis, administration, from dioikein, to keep house, administer : dia-, intensive pref.; see dia- + oikein, to inhabit (from oikos, house; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Formerly less properly diocess; from Middle English diocise, from Old French diocise, diocese, French diocèse = Provencal diocezi, dioceṣa = Spanish diócesi, diócesis = Portuguese diocese, diecese = It.diocesi = Dutch diocese = German diöcese, from Latin diœcesis, a governor's jurisdiction, a district, Late Latin and Middle Latin a bishop's jurisdiction, diocese, from Greek διοίκησις, housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, from διοικεῖν, keep house, conduct, govern, from διά, through, + οἰκεῖν, inhabit, dwell, from οι\κος, a dwelling, a house, = Latin vicus, a village (later ult. English wick, a town), = Sanskrit veça, a house.
 

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