diócesis
See also: diòcesis
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “administration; diocese”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈdjoθesis/ [ˈd̪jo.θe.sis]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈdjosesis/ [ˈd̪jo.se.sis]
Noun
diócesis f (plural diócesis)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: diyósesis
Further reading
- “diócesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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