Word Meanings - DIOCESAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.

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• DIOCESAN
  Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• DIOCESE
  The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.
• DIOCESENER
  One who belongs to a diocese. Bacon.
• ARCHDIOCESE
  The diocese of an archbishop.
• UNDIOCESED
  Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese. Milton.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach
• COMMISSIONSHIP
  The office of commissioner. Sir W. Scott.