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nounAn ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekδιοίκησις“internal administration”
- Latindioecēsis“district under a governor”
- Late Latindiocēsis
- Old Frenchdiocese
- Middle Englishdiocise
- Englishdiocese
From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَبْرَشِيَّة
- أَبْرَشِيَّة (ʔabrašiyya)region administered by a bishop
Basque elizbarruti
- elizbarrutiregion administered by a bishop
Bulgarian диоцез, епа́рхия
- диоцез (diocez)administrative division of the Roman Empire
- епа́рхия (epárhija)region administered by a bishop
Catalan diòcesi, diòcesi
- diòcesiadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- diòcesiregion administered by a bishop
Chinese Mandarin 教區 /教区
- 教區 /教区 (jiàoqū)region administered by a bishop
Czech diecéze
- diecézeregion administered by a bishop
Danish bispedømme, stift
- bispedømmeregion administered by a bishop
- stiftregion administered by a bishop
Dutch bisdom, diocees
- bisdomregion administered by a bishop
- dioceesregion administered by a bishop
- dioceseregion administered by a bishop
Esperanto episkopujo, diocezo
- episkopujoregion administered by a bishop
- diocezoregion administered by a bishop
Estonian piiskopkond
- piiskopkondregion administered by a bishop
Finnish diokeesi, hiippakunta
- diokeesiadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- hiippakuntaregion administered by a bishop
French diocèse, diocèse
- diocèseadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- diocèseregion administered by a bishop
- éparchieregion administered by a bishop
German Diözese, Bistum
- Diözeseregion administered by a bishop
- Bistumregion administered by a bishop
- Eparchieregion administered by a bishop
Greek επισκοπή
- επισκοπή (episkopí)region administered by a bishop
Hindi धर्मप्रांत
- धर्मप्रांत (dharmprānt)region administered by a bishop
Hungarian püspökség
- püspökségregion administered by a bishop
Icelandic biskupsdæmi
- biskupsdæmiregion administered by a bishop
Indonesian keuskupan, dioses
- keuskupanregion administered by a bishop
- diosesregion administered by a bishop
Irish deoise, deoise
- deoiseadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- deoiseregion administered by a bishop
Italian diocesi, diocesi
- diocesiadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- diocesiregion administered by a bishop
Japanese 教区
- 教区 (kyōku)region administered by a bishop
Korean 교구
- 교구 (gyogu)region administered by a bishop
Latvian diecēzē
- diecēzēregion administered by a bishop
Lithuanian vyskupija
- vyskupijaregion administered by a bishop
Norwegian Bokmål bispedømme
- bispedømmeregion administered by a bishop
Polish diecezja, diecezja
- diecezjaadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- diecezjaregion administered by a bishop
Portuguese diocese, diocese
- dioceseadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- dioceseregion administered by a bishop
Romanian dioceză, dioceză
- diocezăadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- diocezăregion administered by a bishop
Russian епа́рхия, диоце́з
- епа́рхия (jepárxija)region administered by a bishop
- диоце́з (diocéz)region administered by a bishop
Slovak diecéza
- diecézaregion administered by a bishop
Spanish diócesis, diócesis
- diócesisadministrative division of the Roman Empire
- diócesisregion administered by a bishop
Swahili dayosisi
- dayosisiregion administered by a bishop
Swedish stift
- stiftregion administered by a bishop
Tagalog diyosesis
- diyosesisregion administered by a bishop
Turkish başpiskoposluk
- başpiskoposlukregion administered by a bishop
Ukrainian єпа́рхія, діоце́з
- єпа́рхія (jepárxija)region administered by a bishop
- діоце́з (diocéz)region administered by a bishop
- дієце́зія (dijecézija)region administered by a bishop
Vietnamese giáo phận, giáo khu
- giáo phậnregion administered by a bishop
- giáo khuregion administered by a bishop
Welsh esgobaeth, esgobaethau
- esgobaethregion administered by a bishop
- esgobaethauregion administered by a bishop
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with diocese
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
diocese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diocese
MLA
“diocese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diocese. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diocese,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diocese.
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