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unfrocks

unfrocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unfrock.

Meaning of unfrock

Verb

unfrock (third-person singular simple present unfrocks, present participle unfrocking, simple past and past participle unfrocked)

  1. (transitive) To remove from the clergy; to revoke the clerical status of.
    • Let’s wake up and oppose this widespread defamation; restore to the feast its significance and grandeur. Shall we permit it to be unfrocked of its glory and transformed essentially into “Clausmas” instead of Christmas?1948 December 19, George H. Sallaway, “Coming—‘Clausmas Day’”, in Our Sunday Visitor, Omaha Archdiocesan True Voice edition, volume XXXVII, number 34, Omaha, Neb., →OCLC, Religious section, page 9...

Questions about unfrocks

What is unfrocks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unfrocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unfrock.

Words near unfrocks in the dictionary

  1. unfrizzy
  2. unfrock
  3. unfrocked
  4. unfrocking
  5. unfrockings
  6. unfrocks
  7. unfrogged
  8. unfroglike
  9. unfrolicsome
  10. unfronted
  11. unfrost

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