defrock, unfrock
(verb) divest of the frock; of church officials
Source: WordNet® 3.1
defrock (third-person singular simple present defrocks, present participle defrocking, simple past and past participle defrocked)
(literally) To divest of a frock.
(figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
(by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
• disfrock
• unfrock
• frocked
Source: Wiktionary
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
