Synonyms for diocese
ˈdaɪ ə sɪs, -ˌsiz, -ˌsisdio·cese

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1. diocese, bishopric, episcopatenoun

   the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

   Synonyms:
   episcopate, bishopry, bishopric, episcopacy

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1. diocesenoun

   Synonyms:
   bishopric, see, jurisdiction or charge of a bishop

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1. List of paraphrases for "diocese":

   archdiocese, parish

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1. Pat Svacina:

   The way the leases are written it is very difficult to cancel a lease that is in production, the Diocese always reviews the viability and desirability of renewing a lease at the conclusion of a current lease.

2. Edward J. Burns:

   The fundamental premise of the affidavit is that because a piece of information discovered in an entirely independent police investigation is not in the dioceses files, the diocese must have hidden or concealed that information and is continuing to hide or conceal that information, so that it warrants a raid of religious offices.

3. Robin Lloyd:

   They’re trying to pull together where did the money come from to enable Burlington College to convince (People’s United Bank) and the diocese to go ahead with the deal.

4. David Hains:

   I hope that Catholics in Catholic Diocese of Charlotte will understand that it would be sinful to receive a fake sacrament from a woman priest and that includes attending a fake mass.

5. Juan Carlos Cruz:

   I would like those bishops to get fired. Not to be taken to a golden retreat, not to be given another job, like the Vatican library. If they covered up abuse they don't deserve to be working as a bishop and running a diocese.