Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diocesan

1 sense of diocesan

Sense 1
diocesan -- (a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese)
       => bishop -- (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Similarity of adj diocesan

1 sense of diocesan

Sense 1
diocesan -- (belonging to or governing a diocese)