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defrocked
adjective as in disgraced
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Last year the Vatican admitted that it had defrocked 848 priests between 2004 and 2013, without specifying where they are from.
After his guilty plea, the Vatican laicized, or defrocked, him.
Instead, Scicluna defrocked, transferred or otherwise neutralized predators and those who covered them up.
They must be automatically defrocked as soon as their bishop learns of their crime.
None of the bishops who have admitted responsibility in the sex scandal cover-up will be defrocked.
In 1883, in Savoy, the oil of which I have spoken was prepared in a group of defrocked abbés.
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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to defrocked, such as: humiliated, degraded, demoted, discharged, dishonored, and mocked.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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