Diocese

Noun

 * 1) Administrative  of the later, starting with the Tetrarchy.
 * 2)  Region administered by a.

Thesaurus
Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, bailiwick, bishopric, borough, canton, city, commune, conference, congressional district, constablewick, county, departement, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, government, hamlet, hundred, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area, oblast, okrug, parish, precinct, principality, province, region, riding, see, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, soke, stake, state, synod, territory, town, township, village, wapentake, ward

Alternative forms

 * diœcese

Etymology
From dioecesis: < the  διοίκησις:.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: diecéze
 * Dutch:, diocees,
 * Esperanto:, diocezo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greenlandic: biskoppeqarfik
 * Icelandic: biskupsdæmi


 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (きょうく, kyōku)
 * Lithuanian: vyskupija
 * Polish: diecezja
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: diecéza
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: giáo phận

Related terms

 * archdiocese
 * archdiocesan
 * diocesan
 * bishopric