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di·o·cese    Audio Help   (dī'ə-sĭs, -sēs', -sēz')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop; a bishopric.


[Middle English diocise, from Old French, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, jurisdiction, from Greek dioikēsis, administration, from dioikein, to keep house, administer : dia-, intensive pref.; see dia- + oikein, to inhabit (from oikos, house; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots).]

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