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noun, masculine

diocèse

/djɔ.sɛz/

noun, masculine/djɔ.sɛz/plural: diocèses

diocese (administrative district in some ancient Roman provinces); diocese (ecclesiastical territorial division subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop or of his legitimate substitute)

Borrowed from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis).