dĭoecēsis, is, f., = διοίκησις.
I A governor's jurisdiction, a district , Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4 ( ib. 13, 53 and 67, written as Greek); Cod. Theod. 7, 6, 3; Amm. 17, 7, 6.—
II In eccl. Lat., a bishop's jurisdiction, a diocese , Sid. Ep. 7, 6 med. ; sometimes also a parish , id. ib. 9, 16.