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The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. [Frequently, but improperly, spelt diocess.]

One who belongs to a diocese. [Obs.] Bacon.

The diocese of an archbishop.

Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese. Milton.

edral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller.

the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.

to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a see which does not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. Shipley. -- Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), a…

A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

d priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.

The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent. Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. Josh. xxii. 5. Cromwell, I charge thee, fing away ambition. Shak.

One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.

An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe.

he especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese.

ssory (Eccl.), letters given by a bishop dismissing a person who is removing into another diocese, and recommending him for reception there. Hook.

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

ce, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton.