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View synonyms for unfrock
unfrock
[ uhn-frok ]
unfrock
/ ʌnˈfrɒk /
verb
- tr to deprive (a person in holy orders) of ecclesiastical status
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Example Sentences
If you do not immediately comply with my request, I will unfrock you, by God!
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We cannot touch the Pope himself and we cannot unfrock his Bishops.
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He may come to be a worthy soldier, and so justify me in allowing him to unfrock himself.
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The queen herself could write to a bishop who scrupled to do what she desired, "By God, I will unfrock you!"
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But not on that account do I wish to unfrock myself; nor certainly on that account do I wish to be deprived of my wife.
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