Noun: diocese
| Singular | diocese |
| Plural | dioceses |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like diocese
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”). See: Middle English Nouns '
diocise', Latin Nouns '
dioecēsis', Ancient Greek Nouns '
διοίκησις'.
Verbs referencing "diocese"
Finnish Nouns
diokeesi.