Diocese
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. dicecesis, from Gr. dto^xtfo^g, from diontifa, to govern.] In ecclesiastical law. The see of a sufifragan bishop; the circuit or territorial extent of a bishop's jurisdiction.
1 Bl. Com. 111. Co. Litt. 94. 4 Reeves' Hist. 4. Twnlins.
A civil division of the Roman empire, embracing several provinces. Calv. Lex. Jur.