diocese

«diocese» in Mova's school dictionary: An area with many churches and parishes, looked after by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a diocese, dioceses)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) An area with many churches and parishes, looked after by a bishop. tree →

2) The church community and offices of that area. tree →

sense in the lessons

In church life, Anglican and Catholic churches belong to a diocese; the bishop's main church is called the cathedral. Church schools may belong to a diocese and say «diocesan». Phrases: «the Diocese of…», «diocesan school», «bishop of the diocese».

examples

• Our parish is part of the diocese of Dublin. tree →
• The bishop visits every church in his diocese. tree →
• The cathedral is the main church of the diocese. tree →
• Our school is a diocesan school. tree →
• The diocese has more than a hundred parishes. tree →
• Young people from the whole diocese met for a festival. tree →

note

Countable; plural dioceses. Pronounced DY-uh-sis. Adjective: diocesan. A parish is smaller (one church area); an archdiocese is a big important one led by an archbishop.

In the corpora

• Bishops are senior leaders who look after many churches in an area called a diocese.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «diocese» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.