Diocese, Or Diocess
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Diocese, or diocess [fr. diocese, Fr.; diocesi, Ital. And Span.; dioikhoiV fr. dioikew to govern, Gk.; di'cesis, Lat.], the circuit of every bishop's jurisdiction; it is divided into archdeaconries, each archdeaconry into rural deaneries, and rural deaneries into parishes, Co. Litt. 94
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