diocesaan
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from French diocésain, from Late Latin diocēsanus.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]diocesaan (not comparable)
- (Christianity) diocesan, pertaining to a diocese
Declension
[edit]| Declension of diocesaan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | diocesaan | |||
| inflected | diocesane | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | diocesaan | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | diocesane | ||
| n. sing. | diocesaan | |||
| plural | diocesane | |||
| definite | diocesane | |||
| partitive | diocesaans | |||
Noun
[edit]diocesaan m (plural diocesanen)
- (Roman Catholicism) diocesan, member of a diocese
- (obsolete, Christianity) bishop
- Synonym: bisschop
References
[edit]- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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