diocese
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.oˈsɛ.zi/
diocese is spelled D-I-O-C-E-S-E (7 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diocese is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diocese (administrative district in some ancient Roman provinces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “circunscrição territorial sujeita à administração eclesiástica de bispo, arcebispo ou patriarca”.
What does diocese mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediocese (administrative district in some ancient Roman provinces)
- 2
femininediocese (ecclesiastical territorial division subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop or of his legitimate substitute)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. circunscrição territorial sujeita à administração eclesiástica de bispo, arcebispo ou patriarca
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of diocese
- dioceses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diocese?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.oˈsɛ.zi/
- Brazil /d͡ʒjoˈsɛ.zi/
- Portugal /djuˈsɛ.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diocese
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diocese in Portuguese?
diocese appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).