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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Diocese \Di"o*cese\, n.; pl. {Dioceses}. [OE. diocise, OF. diocise, F. dioc[82]se, L. dioecesis, fr. Gr. [?] housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, fr. [?] to keep house, manage; dia` through + [?] to manage a household, [?] a house. See {Economy}.] (Eccl.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. [Frequently, but improperly, spelt {diocess}.] | |
