Diocesan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dʌɪˈɒsɪsən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Diocesan is an adjective meaning Pertaining to a diocese.
Meaning
Pertaining to a diocese.
More Meanings
- The bishop of a diocese.
- An inhabitant of a diocese.
Example Sentences
Diocesan bureaucracies were both symptom and cause of this.
The bishop of Chartres indignantly informed the king that his diocesans were dying like flies and eating grass like sheep, and indeed both the king and Fleury got a fright when their coaches were stopped in the Paris countryside by peasants crying out ‘Famine! Bread!’ rather than ‘Vive le Roi!’
Word Forms
- diocesans
Synonyms for diocesan
Depending on context, synonyms include diocesian.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include consultors, diocesean, diocesal, archdiocesan, denominational, districtual.
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