defrock
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- Rhymes: -ɒk
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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.
- The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.
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remove the rights of a member of clergy
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