In January 1877, the priest of the village Grigoryevka, Kherson Governorate, reported to the diocesan authorities that in his village Baptists cry, sing and kiss the floor during their prayers.
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Diocesan
//daɪˈɑsɪsən//
Synonyms for "diocesan" (22 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
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2 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- diocesà adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Czech
1 entries- diecézní adj (pertaining to a diocese)
French
1 entries- diocésain adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Galician
1 entries- diocesano adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Italian
1 entries- diocesano adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Norman
1 entries- dgiocésain adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Polish
2 entries- diecezjalny adj (pertaining to a diocese)
- diecezjanin noun (inhabitant of a diocese)
Portuguese
1 entries- diocesano adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Romanian
1 entries- diecezan adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Spanish
1 entries- diocesano adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Swedish
1 entries- stifts adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Tagalog
1 entries- diyosesano adj (pertaining to a diocese)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Diocesan bureaucracies were both symptom and cause of this.
Source: wiktionary
The bishop of Chartres indignantly informed the king that his diocesans were dying like flies and eating grass like sheep, and indeed both the king and Fleury got a fright when their coaches were stopped in the Paris countryside by peasants crying out ‘Famine! Bread!’ rather than ‘Vive le Roi!’
Source: wiktionary
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