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Showing words for DIOCESE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Diocese

diocese

6 Letter Words for Diocese

decise, deices, eoside, esodic

5 Letter Words for Diocese

cedes, cedis, cides, codes, coeds, cosed, cosie, decos, deice, dices, diose, disco, ecoid, eidos, idose, oside, sodic

4 Letter Words for Diocese

cede, cedi, cees, cide, cids, code, cods, coed, coes, cose, deco, dees, deis, desc, desi, dice, dies, dioc, disc, docs, does, dose, ecod, eide, iced, ices, icod, idee, ideo, ides, iocs, iode, ised, odes, odic, oeci, seco, seed, sice, side, soce

3 Letter Words for Diocese

cee, ceo, cid, cie, cis, cod, cos, csi, dec, dee, dei, des, die, dis, doc, doe, dos, dso, eco, edo, eds, eec, eos, esc, esd, ese, ice, ide, ido, ids, ios, ise, iso, ode, ods, oes, oie, ois, ose, osi, scd, sci, sec, sed, see, sei, sic, sie, soc, sod

Definitions for Diocese

[1] an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
[2] the district under the jurisdiction of a bishop

Words related to Diocese

district, bishopric, jurisdiction, see, benefice, prelacy, episcopate

Words nearby Diocese

dinwiddie, dio cassius, dio chrysostom, dioc., diocesan, diocese, diocletian, diode, diode laser, diodorus siculus, dioecious

Origin of Diocese

1300–50; Middle English diocise, diocese < Anglo-French < Late Latin diocēsis, variant of Late Latin, Latin dioecēsis, < Greek dioíkēsis housekeeping, administration, province, diocese, equivalent to dioikē-, variant stem of dioikeîn to keep house, administer, govern (di- di-3 + oikeîn to dwell, occupy, manage, derivative of oîkos house) + -sis -sis

Word origin for Diocese

C14: from Old French, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Greek dioikēsis administration, from dioikein to manage a household, from oikos house

Synonyms for Diocese

district, benefice, bishopric, episcopate, jurisdiction, prelacy, see