Defrocking

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of defrock form-of, gerund, participle, present

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banishmentdegradationdemotiondeposaldepositiondeprivation

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