unfrock

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

unfrock

Where it comes from

From un- + frock.

verb unfrocks · unfrocking · unfrocked

transitive To remove from the clergy; to revoke the clerical status of. Let’s wake up and oppose this widespread defamation; restore to the feast its significance and grandeur. Shall we permit it to be unfrocked of its glory and transformed essentially into “Clausmas” instead of Christmas?
Similar: defrock, disfrock, unpriest

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"unfrock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unfrock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

unfrock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unfrock

Chicago

"unfrock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unfrock.

BibTeX

@misc{unfrock_2026,
  title = {unfrock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unfrock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}