DEFROCK

defrock, unfrock

(verb) divest of the frock; of church officials

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• disfrock

• unfrock

Anagrams

• frocked

Source: Wiktionary



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