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DEFROCK
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they defrock ... he / she / it defrocks
Past simple: defrocked
-ing form: defrocking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divest of the frock; of church officials
Synonyms:
defrock; unfrock
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "defrock" is one way to...):
disinvest; divest (deprive of status or authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody