verb
- to remove from the priesthood or ministry; to deprive of clerical status
Usage: formal; ecclesiastical
Examples
- The bishop decided to unfrock the priest after the scandal.
- The church unfrocks clergy members who violate their sacred vows.
- He was unfrocked and banned from performing religious ceremonies.
- The denomination rarely unfrocks ministers without serious cause.
- After being unfrocked, he could no longer officiate at weddings.
- The committee voted to unfrock him for misconduct.