defrock, v.
(dɪˈfrɒk)
[a. F. défroquer, in 15th c. deffr-, f. des-, dé- (de- I. 6) + froque frock. Cf. disfrock.]
trans. To deprive of the priestly garb; to unfrock. Hence defrocked (dɪˈfrɒkt) ppl. a.
| 1581 J. Hamilton Facile Traict. (1600) 440 This defrokit frere..mariet a zoung las of xv zearis auld. 1891 Tablet 21 Feb. 294 The eloquent defrocked have denounced..the vows which they failed to keep. |