DIOCESAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diocesan mean? 

• DIOCESAN (noun)
  The noun DIOCESAN has 1 sense:

1. a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese

  Familiarity information: DIOCESAN used as a noun is very rare.

• DIOCESAN (adjective)
  The adjective DIOCESAN has 1 sense:

1. belonging to or governing a diocese

  Familiarity information: DIOCESAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIOCESAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("diocesan" is a kind of...):

bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Derivation:

diocesan (belonging to or governing a diocese)

• DIOCESAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belonging to or governing a diocese

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

diocese (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop)

Derivation:

diocesan (a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese)

diocese (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop)