DIOCESAN

diocesan. diocesan, that hath iurisdiction

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diocesan. Diocesan, n. a bishop; a. blonging to a diocese

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Di‐oc″e‐san (?; 277), a. [[LL. dioecesanus: cf. F. diocésain.]] Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.