Associations to the word «Defrock»

Wiktionary

DEFROCK, verb. (literally) to divest of a frock
DEFROCK, verb. (figuratively) to formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.

Dictionary definition

DEFROCK, verb. Divest of the frock; of church officials.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope