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unfrock

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un⋅frock

  [uhn-frok]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to deprive (a monk, priest, minister, etc.) of ecclesiastical rank, authority, and function; depose.
2. to divest or strip of a frock.
Also, defrock.

Origin:
1635–45; un- 2 + frock
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un·frock   (ŭn-frŏk')   
tr.v.   un·frocked, un·frock·ing, un·frocks
To defrock.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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