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diocese

noun as in church jurisdiction

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Take the case of Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne, an employment discrimination suit in the Seventh Circuit.

The local diocese said assistance would be given to the woman and her baby for a few weeks until she decided on her future.

Father Taraborelli is a trained exorcist for the Rome diocese, and his work schedule is very busy.

His predecessor had just banned three priests in his diocese from public ministry.

More than $600,000 has been paid in lawsuits to victims in the Los Angeles diocese.

The archbishop of Manila sends to the king (July 30, 1621) an account of ecclesiastical and some other affairs in his diocese.

In 1848 there were only seven priests in Birmingham, and but seventy in the whole diocese.

Sangley missions of the diocese of the archbishopric of Manila, and the number of souls directed in them.

Then he returned to his province, entered the seminary, and became a sub-deacon of the diocese of Nueva Segovia.

It is a great country church of very unusual architecture, elevated to the head of a diocese in 1888.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to diocese, such as: district, benefice, bishopric, episcopate, jurisdiction, and prelacy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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