diocesan
diocesan Lexical Profile
diocesan Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to, belonging to, or administered by a diocese (a district under the pastoral care of a bishop).
"The bishop convened a meeting of the diocesan council to review the annual budget for local parish schools."
• noun
A bishop who is in charge of a diocese, as distinguished from a suffragan or auxiliary bishop.
"As the newly appointed diocesan, she assumed full administrative and pastoral responsibility for the cathedral and its surrounding parishes."
A member of the clergy or laity belonging to a particular diocese.
"Clergy and lay diocesans gathered at the cathedral to welcome the visiting archbishop."
• Rhymes for diocesan
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French diocésain and Medieval Latin dioecesanus, derived from Late Latin dioecesis ('a governor's jurisdiction' or 'a bishop's district'), which comes from Ancient Greek dioikēsis ('administration' or 'housekeeping').