defrocked in English
verb
1
deprive (a person in holy orders) of ecclesiastical status.
Because it is a state church, however, the Lutheran Church cannot defrock him.
verb
unfrock
Use "defrocked" in a sentence
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1. Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked.
2. 14 Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked.
3. A defrocked Anglican clergyman, Titus Oates, spoke of a "Popish Plot" to kill Charles and to put the Duke of York on the throne.
4. Forget the Alamo for a couple of minutes. The big battle now is between a defrocked beauty queen and the pageant directors who took her tiara .