Associations to the word «Diocesan»

Wiktionary

DIOCESAN, adjective. Pertaining to a diocese.
DIOCESAN, noun. The bishop of a diocese.
DIOCESAN, noun. An inhabitant of a diocese.

Dictionary definition

DIOCESAN, noun. A bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese.
DIOCESAN, adjective. Belonging to or governing a diocese.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope