Disgown
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To divest of a gown of office; to defrock. transitive
"The boldness with which Dr. Canfield defied Bishop Potter when the latter threatened to disgown him for such transgressions was simply an expression of a right to individual action under the impulse of conviction of duty to the truth."
Example
More examples"The boldness with which Dr. Canfield defied Bishop Potter when the latter threatened to disgown him for such transgressions was simply an expression of a right to individual action under the impulse of conviction of duty to the truth."
Etymology
From dis- + gown.
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