diocese

diocese (dI-[schwa]-sees or -sis).

1. Roman law. A division of the later Roman Empire into groups of provinces.

2. Eccles. law. A territorial unit of the church, governed by a bishop, and further divided into parishes.

3. Eccles. law. A bishop’s jurisdiction. • Several dioceses together are governed by an archbishop.


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