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A diocese is the piece of land — and the churches on it — that one bishop is responsible for in some Christian churches, especially Roman Catholic, , and Orthodox. Think of it as the bishop’s district. Inside a diocese you usually find many smaller parishes, each with its own local church and priest. The word is formal and churchy; ordinary people might just say “the bishop’s area,” or name the city (“the diocese”). Though actually, a diocese can be huge or small: a whole country, or only part of a city, depending on how many church people live there. The idea is older than the church map. In late Roman government a diocese was first an administrative district under a governor; the church later used the same kind of drawing of the land.
From the word’s history
From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Latin dioecēsis 'district under a governor', from Ancient Greek διοίκησις 'administration'.
經古法文、拉丁文，源自希臘文 dioikēsis「內部管理」。
組成From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, “a district under a governor,” from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis), “internal administration.”
同家族的字
- diocesanthe adjective, and the person-word, that belong to a diocese
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
diocesenoun/ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/
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historicalAn administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
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ChristianityAn ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。