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diocesan

[dahy-os-uh-suhn] / daɪˈɒs ə sən /




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On Monday, the Bernabeu will host a meeting between Leo and Madrid's diocesan community.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026

My great-uncle Dan was a diocesan priest at St. Charles Borromeo in Drexel Hill, Pa. Dan was a fire-and-brimstone hard-liner.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

The Boston Archdiocese’s 2003 agreement to pay $85 million to more than 500 victims marked the moment the crisis shifted from isolated diocesan scandals to a nationwide institutional failure.

From Salon ● May 3, 2026

When the state Justices originally denied the unemployment tax exemption to a diocesan Catholic Charities Bureau and its associated groups, the 4-3 majority called their activities “secular in nature.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

That the order for imprisonment could not be given without the concurrence of the diocesan in ordinary, or until they had examined each witness a second time.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente


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