Definition of Diocesan. Meaning of Diocesan. Synonyms of Diocesan

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Definition of Diocesan

Diocesan
Diocesan Di*oc"e*san, n. 1. A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York. 2. pl. The clergy or the people of a diocese. --Strype.

Meaning of Diocesan from wikipedia

- bishop. If the title of archbishop is granted on personal grounds to a diocesan bishop, his diocese does not thereby become an archdiocese.[better source needed]...
- otherwise members of religious life. Secular priests (sometimes known as diocesan priests) are priests who commit themselves to a certain geographical area...
- up diocesan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diocesan is derived from the words Diocese and Dio. Diocesan may also refer to: St. John's Diocesan Girls'...
- Victorian era such publications were frequently named as the Diocesan Gazette or simply as the Diocesan Magazine. From the early 20th century many dioceses began...
- A diocesan bishop, within various Christian traditions, is a bishop or archbishop in pastoral charge of a diocese or archdiocese. In relation to other...
- The Diocesan College (commonly known as Bishops) is a private, English medium, boarding and day high school for boys situated in the suburb of Rondebosch...
- A diocesan museum is a museum for an ecclesiastical diocese, a geographically based division of the Christian Church. Austria: Diocesan Museum, Graz,...
- Diocesan Girls' School (DGS) (Chinese: 拔萃女書院) is one of the oldest girls' schools in Hong Kong, founded in Kowloon in 1860 by the Anglican Hong Kong Sheng...
- A diocesan chancery is the branch of administration that handles all written do****ents used in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese...
- members of religious institutes, the Canon law (canon 603) recognizes also diocesan hermits under the direction of their bishop as members of the consecrated...