"defrock" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /diːˈfɹɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /diˈfɹɑk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defrock.wav [Southern-England] Forms: defrocks [present, singular, third-person], defrocking [participle, present], defrocked [participle, past], defrocked [past]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: From French défroquer, from dé- + froc. By surface analysis, de- + frock. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|défroquer}} French défroquer, {{m|fr|dé-}} dé-, {{m|fr|froc}} froc, {{surf|en|de-|frock}} By surface analysis, de- + frock Head templates: {{en-verb}} defrock (third-person singular simple present defrocks, present participle defrocking, simple past and past participle defrocked)
  1. (literally) To divest of a frock. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-defrock-en-verb-qxjHhjIQ
  2. (figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy. Tags: figuratively Translations (remove the rights of a member of clergy): défroquer (French), αποσχηματίζω (aposchimatízo) (Greek), kitaszít (a papi rendből) (Hungarian), распопи (raspopi) (Macedonian), расстригать (rasstrigatʹ) (Russian), avkraga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-defrock-en-verb-rRn8z5SE Disambiguation of 'remove the rights of a member of clergy': 2 54 43
  3. (by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-defrock-en-verb-DDM~iJUd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 29 66 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 22 31 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disfrock, unfrock

Inflected forms

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