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  • verb Present participle of unfrock.

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Examples

  • It is not the unfrocking of a priest, the unmitring of a bishop, and the removing him from off the presbyterian shoulders, that will make us a happy nation.

    Areopagitica 2007

  • It is not the unfrocking of a priest, the unmitring of a bishop, and the removing him from off the presbyterian shoulders, that will make us a happy nation.

    Areopagitica 2007

  • Henry said no reputable parson would keep a Ouija board in the house; it was grounds for unfrocking.

    Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999

  • To us this conduct on the part of a prelate is scandalous beyond words; that it was scandalous even then is obvious from the Pontiff's letter; but that it was scandalous in an infinitely lesser degree is no less obvious from the very fact that the Pontiff wrote that letter (and in such terms) instead of incontinently unfrocking the offender.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

  • Pontiff's letter; but that it was scandalous in an infinitely lesser degree is no less obvious from the very fact that the Pontiff wrote that letter (and in such terms) instead of incontinently unfrocking the offender.

    The Life of Cesare Borgia Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • It is not the unfrocking of a priest, the unmitering of a bishop, and the removing him from off the Presbyterian shoulders, that will make us a happy nation.

    Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing 1906

  • It is not, he cried, 'the unfrocking of a priest, the unmitring of a bishop, that will make us a happy nation,' but the practice of virtue, and virtue means freedom to choose.

    Obiter Dicta Second Series Augustine Birrell 1891

  • It is not the unfrocking of a Priest, the unmitring of a Bishop, and the removing him from off the Presbyterian shoulders, that will make us a happy nation.

    The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

  • It is not the unfrocking of a Priest, the unmitring of a Bishop, and the removing him from off the Presbyterian shoulders, that will make us a happy nation.

    The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859

  • In support of this claim he brought an action against the queen for a recovery of the forfeited estates; and though his royal mistress was accustomed to speak of unfrocking bishops, the reverend divine prosecuted his suit with so much vigour and success that nothing but the interposition of Parliament prevented the defendant from being beaten in her own courts.

    Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821

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