diocèse
See also: diocese
French
Alternative forms
- diœceſe (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /djɔ.sɛz/
Audio (file) Audio (CAN) (file) - Homophone: diocèses
Noun
diocèse m (plural diocèses)
- (Christianity) diocese
Derived terms
- archidiocèse
- diocésain
Further reading
- “diocèse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Noun
diocèse m (plural diocèses)
- Alternative form of dgiocèse