defrock

defrock
Synonyms and related words:
boot, bounce, break, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bump, bust, can, cashier, cast reproach upon, debase, deconsecrate, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discredit, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, disgrace, dishonor, dismiss, displace, displume, drum out, excommunicate, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, humiliate, impute shame to, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, liquidate, make redundant, oust, overthrow, pension, pension off, pillory, purge, put to shame, read out of, reflect discredit upon, release, remove, remove from office, replace, reproach, retire, sack, separate forcibly, shame, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unchurch, unfrock, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone

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  • defrock — v. t. To divest of the frock, i. e. to deprive (a priest, minister, etc.) of official ecclesiastical authority; of church officials. Syn: unfrock. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • defrock — index disgrace Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • defrock — 1580s, from Fr. défroquer (15c.), from de (see DE (Cf. de )) + froque frock (see FROCK (Cf. frock)). Related: Defrocked …   Etymology dictionary

  • defrock — ► VERB ▪ deprive (a person in holy orders) of ecclesiastical status …   English terms dictionary

  • defrock — [dē fräk′] vt. UNFROCK (sense 2) …   English World dictionary

  • defrock — UK [diːˈfrɒk] / US [dɪˈfrɑk] verb [transitive] Word forms defrock : present tense I/you/we/they defrock he/she/it defrocks present participle defrocking past tense defrocked past participle defrocked to remove a priest from their job because they …   English dictionary

  • defrock — transitive verb Date: 1581 1. to deprive (as a priest) of the right to exercise the functions of office 2. to remove from a position of honor or privilege …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • defrock — /dee frok /, v.t. to unfrock. [1575 85; < F défroquer, equiv. to dé DIS 1 + froque FROCK + er inf. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

  • defrock — verb a) to divest of a frock The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites. b) to formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy. Syn: disfrock, unfrock …   Wiktionary

  • defrock — de|frock [ˌdi:ˈfrɔk US ˈfra:k] v [T] to officially remove a priest from his or her job because he or she did something wrong >defrocked adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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