different between disfrock vs defrock

English

Etymology

dis- +? frock

Verb

disfrock (third-person singular simple present disfrocks, present participle disfrocking, simple past and past participle disfrocked)

1. (transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Frosdick

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