[ UK /dɪfɹˈɒk/ ]
VERB
  1. divest of the frock; of church officials
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How To Use defrock In A Sentence

  • This duo of delirium shows that Milligan may just have been a wrongly mocked defrocked filmmaker.
  • If the gentlemen's code lauded self-sacrifice, its opposite selfishness - was behavior that, if egregious enough, could defrock a gentleman.
  • The bishop had been speaking about gun control at an anti-gun rally only a few days before the court hearing, and recommended that he be defrocked.
  • Years of correspondence between Father Ronan's superiors discussing his alleged abuse of minors in Ireland were first sent as attachments to the Vatican in February 1966, Mr. Lena said, as part of a request from his religious order to defrock Father Ronan—a request that was granted weeks later. Vatican Releases Files in Bid to Rebut Claims of Coverup
  • As expected their new policy does determine that priests who offend from here on out will be defrocked.
  • The church on Wednesday presented its highest-level official response yet to one of the most explosive recent revelations regarding sex abuse — a story the Times broke on the church's decision in the 1990s not to defrock a Wisconsin priest accused of molesting deaf boys. Holy Thursday: Pope washes feet, Vatican slams media amid scandal
  • Hundreds of priests have now been 'defrocked', or laicised, because of it -- eight in the Ferns Diocese alone. Irish Blogs
  • Without his compliance, a second warning will be issued, followed by the Maryknolls' request to Rome that Bourgeois be dismissed from the order and "laicized," or defrocked after 38 years as priest, Virgintino said. Catholic priest who backs ordaining women faces expulsion
  • Don Vitaliano - Nothing But a Priest is a documentary about an anti-capitalist priest who has subsequently been defrocked.
  • Hundreds of priests have now been 'defrocked', or laicised, because of it -- eight in the Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
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