1. to remove from the office of bishop or abbot; to deprive of episcopal rank
Usage: ecclesiastical; rare

Examples

• The corrupt bishop faced unmitring by the church council.
• Historical records show several cases of unmitring during the medieval period.
• The process of unmitring requires formal ecclesiastical proceedings.
• Church law provides specific grounds for unmitring a bishop.
• The scandal led to calls for unmitring the disgraced prelate.