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defrock

English

Etymology

From French défroquer, from dé- + froc.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /di??f??k/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /di?f??k/
  • Rhymes: -?k
  • Hyphenation: de?frock

Verb

defrock (third-person singular simple present defrocks, present participle defrocking, simple past and past participle defrocked)

  1. (literally) To divest of a frock.
  2. (figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
    The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.
  3. (by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.

Synonyms

  • disfrock
  • unfrock

Translations

Anagrams

  • frocked

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laicize

English

Etymology

From laic (layperson) +? -ize (verbal suffix).

Verb

laicize (third-person singular simple present laicizes, present participle laicizing, simple past and past participle laicized)

  1. (transitive) To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
    They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
  2. (transitive) To reduce from clergy to layman.
    Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.
  3. (intransitive) To convert to lay status.
    The soup kitchen laicised, it moved out of the church and registered as an independent non-profit.

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