to deprive (a person in holy orders) of ecclesiastical status
unfrock in American English
(ʌnˈfrɑk)
verb transitive
1.
to remove a frock from
2.
to deprive of the rank or function of priest or minister
unfrock in American English
(unˈfrɑk)
transitive verb
1.
to deprive (a monk, priest, minister, etc.) of ecclesiastical rank, authority, and function; depose
2.
to divest or strip of a frock
Also: defrock
Word origin
[1635–45; un-2 + frock]This word is first recorded in the period 1635–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: abutment, adjustment, linear, reaction, sympatheticun- is a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some actionor state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose)