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disˈfrock, v. [f. dis- + frock n.: cf. OF. des-, deffroquer, and defrock.] trans. To deprive of the clerical garb, and hence of the clerical character; to unfrock. Hence disˈfrocked ppl. a.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. i. i. (1872) 4 Disfrocked Chabot adjures Heaven that at least we may ‘have done with Kings’. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. II. 29 The continent was covered with disfrocked monks. 1879H. James American 309 If the abbé is disfrocked for his share in it. |