Definition of "diocesan" []

• Of or relating to a diocese. (adjective)
• The bishop of a diocese. (noun)

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• "He called the diocesan office in search of a supply priest."
• "Others suppose a particular church to be such a one as is now called diocesan, though that name in its first use and application to church affairs was of a larger extent than what is is now applied unto, for it was of old the name of a patriarchal church."
• "Bishop Valentine strove to strengthen the ancient Faith among his people by calling a diocesan synod in 1539, at which he promulgated a number of decrees; but in vain."