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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
diocese /ˈdʌɪəsɪs/

▶noun (pl. dioceses /ˈdʌɪəsiːz, -siːzɪz/) a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church.

– origin ME: from OFr. diocise, from late L. diocesis, from L. dioecesis ‘governor's jurisdiction, diocese’.

'diocese' also found in these Oxford entries:

bishop - bishopric - cathedral - consistory - dimissory - diocesan - exarch - ordinary - peculiar - titular - triennial - use

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