Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To remove from the clerical function; degrade from the position of priest or clergyman. Compare uncowl, unfrock.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To strip of a gown; to unfrock.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To strip of a gown; to unfrock.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

un- +‎ gown

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