Usually means: Remove from priestly office formally.
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  1. defrock: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. defrock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. defrock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. defrock: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. defrock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. defrock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. Defrock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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(Note: See defrocked as well.)

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verb:  (literally) To divest of a frock.
verb:  (figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb:  (by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.

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