Defrocking

verb

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo divest of a frock.

2.verbTo formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.

"The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites."

3.verb(by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.

4.nounThe formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.

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