defrock
verb /ˌdiːˈfrɒk/
/ˌdiːˈfrɑːk/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they defrock | /ˌdiːˈfrɒk/ /ˌdiːˈfrɑːk/ |
| he / she / it defrocks | /ˌdiːˈfrɒks/ /ˌdiːˈfrɑːks/ |
| past simple defrocked | /ˌdiːˈfrɒkt/ /ˌdiːˈfrɑːkt/ |
| past participle defrocked | /ˌdiːˈfrɒkt/ /ˌdiːˈfrɑːkt/ |
| -ing form defrocking | /ˌdiːˈfrɒkɪŋ/ /ˌdiːˈfrɑːkɪŋ/ |
- defrock somebody to officially remove a priest from his or her job, because he or she has done something wrong
- a defrocked priest
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French défroquer, from dé- (expressing removal) + froc ‘frock’.