Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To defrock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To unfrock or deprive of the clerical office or character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To unfrock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To remove from status as a member of a
clergy ; tounfrock .
Etymologies
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dis- + frock
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Examples
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'If you say that again, I shall write to the Pope and ask him to disfrock you.'
Grey Roses Henry Harland 1883
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