diocese
/ˈdaɪəˌsiz/DIGH-uh-seez
/ˈdaɪəˌsiz/DIGH-uh-seez
Meaningadministration or district
Common meaning: area overseen by a bishop
- dioceseadministration or districtSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 167 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√WIK‘come, come to, enter’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 369, p. 743 · scan
- Greekdioikēsis‘administration or district’source
- Latindioecesis‘administrative district’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsadministrative district → area overseen by a bishopdiocese‘area overseen by a bishop’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek dioikēsis ‘administration or district’.
Roots
- dioikēsis Greek “administration or district”
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