defrocking
Meaning of defrocking
verb
- To divest of a frock.
- To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.
- (by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
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Hyphenation of defrocking
de-frock-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- defrocking is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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