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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)
- (literally) To divest of a frock.
- (figuratively) 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.
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)
- (transitive) To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.
- They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
- (transitive) To reduce from clergy to layman.
- Due to his controversial views the Vatican decided to laicise the priest.
- (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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