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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.

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Examples

  • The first is an internal disciplinary process in the church, which can end up with a priest being defrocked, that is, kicked out of the priest hood.

    CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2003 2003

  • The big news in eurosceptic circles today is that two of the "defrocked" Peers, Lord Pearson of Rannoch and Lord Willoughby de Broke, have joined UKIP.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Peter Troy 2007

  • The big news in eurosceptic circles is that two of the "defrocked" peers, Lord Pearson of Rannoch and Lord Willoughby de Broke, have joined UKIP.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Richard 2007

  • It depends on kind of what your definition of "defrocked" is.

    CNN Transcript May 2, 2000 2000

  • Catholic Diocese announced Tuesday that former Monsignor Dale Fushek has been defrocked, meaning the church has removed Fushek from his right to scandal, expresses outrage.

    WN.com - Articles related to Lady Gaga irks Miss America 1989 2010

  • A few châteaux produce and market the result as a '' third wine '', although most examples end up on merchants 'lists as' 'defrocked' 'claret under a generic name.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Hundreds of priests have now been 'defrocked', or laicised, because of it -- eight in the Ferns Diocese alone.

    Irish Blogs Independent.ie - Analysis RSS Feed 2010

  • Hundreds of priests have now been 'defrocked', or laicised, because of it -- eight in the Ferns Diocese alone.

    Irish Blogs 2010

  • Hundreds of priests have now been 'defrocked', or laicised, because of it -- eight in the

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Hundreds of priests have now been 'defrocked', or laicised, because of it -- eight in the

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

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