The bishop came back from holiday to her diocese.
Source: tatoeba (9004031)
Diocese
//ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs//
Synonyms for "diocese" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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5 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 52 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَبْرَشِيَّة noun (region administered by a bishop)
Armenian
1 entries- թեմ noun (region administered by a bishop)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yeparxiya noun (region administered by a bishop)
Basque
1 entries- elizbarruti noun (region administered by a bishop)
Belarusian
2 entries- дыяцэ́зія noun (region administered by a bishop)
- епа́рхія noun (region administered by a bishop)
Bulgarian
2 entries- диоцез noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- епа́рхия noun (region administered by a bishop)
Catalan
2 entries- diòcesi noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- diòcesi noun (region administered by a bishop)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 教區 /教区 noun (region administered by a bishop)
Czech
1 entries- diecéze noun (region administered by a bishop)
Danish
2 entries- bispedømme noun (region administered by a bishop)
- stift noun (region administered by a bishop)
Dutch
3 entries- bisdom noun (region administered by a bishop)
- diocees noun (region administered by a bishop)
- diocese noun (region administered by a bishop)
Esperanto
2 entries- diocezo noun (region administered by a bishop)
- episkopujo noun (region administered by a bishop)
Estonian
1 entries- piiskopkond noun (region administered by a bishop)
Faroese
1 entries- biskupsdømi noun (region administered by a bishop)
Finnish
2 entries- diokeesi noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- hiippakunta noun (region administered by a bishop)
French
3 entries- diocèse noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- diocèse noun (region administered by a bishop)
- éparchie noun (region administered by a bishop)
Galician
2 entries- diocese noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- diocese noun (region administered by a bishop)
German
3 entries- Bistum noun (region administered by a bishop)
- Diözese noun (region administered by a bishop)
- Eparchie noun (region administered by a bishop)
Greek
1 entries- επισκοπή noun (region administered by a bishop)
Greenlandic
1 entries- biskoppeqarfik noun (region administered by a bishop)
Hungarian
1 entries- püspökség noun (region administered by a bishop)
Icelandic
1 entries- biskupsdæmi noun (region administered by a bishop)
Ido
1 entries- diocezo noun (region administered by a bishop)
Indonesian
2 entries- dioses noun (region administered by a bishop)
- keuskupan noun (region administered by a bishop)
Irish
2 entries- deoise noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- deoise noun (region administered by a bishop)
Italian
2 entries- diocesi noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- diocesi noun (region administered by a bishop)
Japanese
1 entries- 教区 noun (region administered by a bishop)
Korean
1 entries- 교구 noun (region administered by a bishop)
Latvian
1 entries- diecēzē noun (region administered by a bishop)
Lithuanian
1 entries- vyskupija noun (region administered by a bishop)
Macedonian
1 entries- епархија noun (region administered by a bishop)
Middle English
1 entries- diocise noun (region administered by a bishop)
Norman
1 entries- dgiocèse noun (region administered by a bishop)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bispedømme noun (region administered by a bishop)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bispedøme noun (region administered by a bishop)
- bispedømme noun (region administered by a bishop)
Polish
2 entries- diecezja noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- diecezja noun (region administered by a bishop)
Portuguese
2 entries- diocese noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- diocese noun (region administered by a bishop)
Romanian
2 entries- dioceză noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- dioceză noun (region administered by a bishop)
Russian
2 entries- диоце́з noun (region administered by a bishop)
- епа́рхия noun (region administered by a bishop)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dijeceza noun (region administered by a bishop)
- eparhija noun (region administered by a bishop)
- дијецеза noun (region administered by a bishop)
- епархија noun (region administered by a bishop)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- aa´rhelkå´dd noun (region administered by a bishop)
Slovak
1 entries- diecéza noun (region administered by a bishop)
Slovene
2 entries- dieceza noun (region administered by a bishop)
- škofija noun (region administered by a bishop)
Spanish
2 entries- diócesis noun (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
- diócesis noun (region administered by a bishop)
Swahili
1 entries- dayosisi noun (region administered by a bishop)
Swedish
1 entries- stift noun (region administered by a bishop)
Tagalog
1 entries- diyosesis noun (region administered by a bishop)
Turkish
1 entries- başpiskoposluk noun (region administered by a bishop)
Udi
1 entries- тем noun (region administered by a bishop)
Ukrainian
3 entries- діоце́з noun (region administered by a bishop)
- дієце́зія noun (region administered by a bishop)
- єпа́рхія noun (region administered by a bishop)
Vietnamese
2 entries- giáo khu noun (region administered by a bishop)
- giáo phận noun (region administered by a bishop)
Welsh
2 entries- esgobaeth noun (region administered by a bishop)
- esgobaethau noun (region administered by a bishop)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The abusive priest was moved to a different diocese.
Source: tatoeba (10522568)
In the Late Roman Empire, a new grouping of provinces called a diocese was introduced.
Source: tatoeba (10522569)
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