diocese

Other forms of diocese

plural

dioceses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diocese

What does diocese mean?

diocese means "the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop".

How many syllables are in diocese?

diocese has 3 syllables: di-o-cese. The stress falls on "di". In IPA it is /ˈdaɪəˌsiz/.

What is another word for diocese?

Close synonyms include bishopric, episcopate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diocese a common word?

diocese is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with diocese?

8 words rhyme with diocese. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.