defrock
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defrock
- /diːˈfɹɒk/ UK
- /diˈfɹɑk/ US
Rhymes with -ɒk
Where it comes from
From French défroquer, from dé- + froc. By surface analysis, de- + frock.
verb defrocks · defrocking · defrocked
- To divest of a frock.
- To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy. The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.
- To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner. There are refugees and black marketers, defrocked bankers and resistance fighters, gamblers, floozies, French colonial policemen, American and Spanish entertainers, and, eventually, Nazi officers (who in reality never set foot in Casablanca).
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verb remove the rights of a member of clergy
| Français | défroquer |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | αποσχηματίζω aposchimatízo |
| Русский | расстригать rasstrigatʹ |
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