to defrock

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unfrock
to divest of a frock
{f} remove (a monk, priest, etc.) from ecclesiastical status, unfrock
divest of the frock; of church officials
to formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy
If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour. Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked. a defrocked priest. to officially remove a priest from his or her job because he or she did something wrong
to defrock
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