diócesis

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “administration; diocese”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdjoθesis/ [ˈd̪jo.θe.sis] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈdjosesis/ [ˈd̪jo.se.sis] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -oθesis (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -osesis (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: dió‧ce‧sis === Noun === diócesis f (plural diócesis) (historical) diocese (administrative district in some ancient Roman provinces) (Christianity) diocese (ecclesiastical territorial division subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop or of his legitimate substitute) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: diyósesis === Further reading === “diócesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025