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unfrock

[uhn-frok] / ʌnˈfrɒk /




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An unfrocked priest seeks redemption by performing an exorcism on a young woman.

From Los Angeles Times

For too long, the pope has failed to act on his words that child abusers have no role within the church, as evidenced by the church’s reluctance to unfrock priests for such crimes.

From The Guardian

On the death of her first husband, she married an unfrocked priest and, when he died, she set up with a civil servant, 24 years her junior.

From BBC

"We 're not going to unfrock you, Hunter," said he, gayly, in dismissing him.

From Project Gutenberg

Hold your tongue; it was I who made you Metropolitan, and I unfrock you.

From Project Gutenberg