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unfrock

[uhn-frok]

verb (used with object)

to deprive (a monk, priest, minister, etc.) of ecclesiastical rank, authority, and function; depose.

to divest or strip of a frock.

Also, defrock.

Origin:
1635–45; un-² + frock

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unfrock (ʌnˈfrɒk)

—vb
	(tr) to deprive (a person in holy orders) of ecclesiastical status

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