diócesis

See also: diòcesis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “administration; diocese”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdjoθesis/ [ˈd̪jo.θe.sis]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈdjosesis/ [ˈd̪jo.se.sis]
• Rhymes: -oθesis
• Rhymes: -osesis
• Syllabification: dió‧ce‧sis

Noun

diócesis f (plural diócesis)

1. diocese

Derived terms

• archidiócesis
• arquidiócesis

 

Related terms

• diocesano

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: diyósesis

Further reading

• “diócesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28