Diocese
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The territorial extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the circuit of every bishop's jurisdiction.
Co. Litt. 94; 1 Bl. Comm. Ill; 2 Burns, Ecc. Law, 158.