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Definition of diocese in English: diocesenounPlural dioceses ˈdʌɪəsɪs A district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church. （基督教教会主教管辖的）教区 Example sentencesExamples - Detroit was one of the first dioceses to close parishes on a large scale.
- Bishops' activities were confined to their own dioceses and monasteries exempted from episcopal interference.
- Two parish priests in the dioceses of Lincoln and Southwark even provided dates for the ceremonies, which they agreed could take place in their own churches.
- The organizational structure of parishes and dioceses is not a divine formula.
- Rather than dump him out of the priesthood, as happened in other dioceses, Dublin diocese decided to help him responsibly manage his life.
- Mr Fielding is director of education in the diocese of Grahamstown and archdeacon of Albany.
- A large version of the candle will be lit in every church in the diocese at Christmas.
- Critics of the plans claimed the bishop should have shut other churches in the diocese if he wanted to save money.
- Secondly, the pope was head of all the bishops of the Western dioceses, including those of Africa, with regard to questions of discipline and faith.
- The bishop of my own diocese acknowledged as much in his pastoral letter on the subject.
- Parishes and dioceses have been asked to study the issues involved and to listen respectfully to the views of others.
- Indeed, dioceses, parishes, and individuals should be more free to follow their consciences.
- As in many other dioceses, there is no structured prison ministry at the diocesan level.
- A number of Church of England dioceses have organised peace vigils to coincide with the demonstration.
- Seven dioceses and eparchies, which are dioceses of the Eastern Catholic Churches, were not in compliance by year's end.
- Nothing has been said about what would become of parishes, clergy, or dioceses in a church which walks apart.
- It is located in the diocese of Lucknow, one of 27 dioceses in the Church of North India.
- That's one reason that there has been a spontaneous burst of energy in dioceses whose bishops are retiring.
- Two or three of the metropolitan dioceses offer welcomed exceptions to this general rule.
- He had been due to appear before the Consistory Court of the diocese of Ripon and Leeds, opening in Leeds on Monday.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French diocise, from late Latin diocesis, from Latin dioecesis 'governor's jurisdiction, diocese', from Greek dioikēsis 'administration, diocese', from dioikein 'keep house, administer'. Rhymesarchdiocese, elephantiasis, psoriasis Definition of diocese in US English: diocesenoun A district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church. （基督教教会主教管辖的）教区 Example sentencesExamples - Rather than dump him out of the priesthood, as happened in other dioceses, Dublin diocese decided to help him responsibly manage his life.
- Mr Fielding is director of education in the diocese of Grahamstown and archdeacon of Albany.
- Nothing has been said about what would become of parishes, clergy, or dioceses in a church which walks apart.
- Detroit was one of the first dioceses to close parishes on a large scale.
- The bishop of my own diocese acknowledged as much in his pastoral letter on the subject.
- The organizational structure of parishes and dioceses is not a divine formula.
- Seven dioceses and eparchies, which are dioceses of the Eastern Catholic Churches, were not in compliance by year's end.
- Secondly, the pope was head of all the bishops of the Western dioceses, including those of Africa, with regard to questions of discipline and faith.
- Bishops' activities were confined to their own dioceses and monasteries exempted from episcopal interference.
- That's one reason that there has been a spontaneous burst of energy in dioceses whose bishops are retiring.
- It is located in the diocese of Lucknow, one of 27 dioceses in the Church of North India.
- Critics of the plans claimed the bishop should have shut other churches in the diocese if he wanted to save money.
- As in many other dioceses, there is no structured prison ministry at the diocesan level.
- Indeed, dioceses, parishes, and individuals should be more free to follow their consciences.
- Two or three of the metropolitan dioceses offer welcomed exceptions to this general rule.
- A large version of the candle will be lit in every church in the diocese at Christmas.
- Parishes and dioceses have been asked to study the issues involved and to listen respectfully to the views of others.
- He had been due to appear before the Consistory Court of the diocese of Ripon and Leeds, opening in Leeds on Monday.
- Two parish priests in the dioceses of Lincoln and Southwark even provided dates for the ceremonies, which they agreed could take place in their own churches.
- A number of Church of England dioceses have organised peace vigils to coincide with the demonstration.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French diocise, from late Latin diocesis, from Latin dioecesis ‘governor's jurisdiction, diocese’, from Greek dioikēsis ‘administration, diocese’, from dioikein ‘keep house, administer’. |