defrock

• Rhymes: -ɒk

From French défroquer, from dé- + froc.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfɹɒk/

defrock (third-person singular simple present defrocks, present participle defrocking, simple past and past participle defrocked)

1. (literally) To divest of a frock.
2. (figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.

   The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.

3. (by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.

• disfrock
• unfrock

• frocked