unfrock
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How to use unfrock in a sentence
If you do not immediately comply with my request, I will unfrock you, by God!
Constance Sherwood | Lady Georgiana FullertonWe cannot touch the Pope himself and we cannot unfrock his Bishops.
A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1852 - (Volume 3 of 3) | Charles C. F. GrevilleHe may come to be a worthy soldier, and so justify me in allowing him to unfrock himself.
Both Sides the Border | G. A. HentyThe queen herself could write to a bishop who scrupled to do what she desired, "By God, I will unfrock you!"
The Beginners of a Nation | Edward Eggleston.But not on that account do I wish to unfrock myself; nor certainly on that account do I wish to be deprived of my wife.
Dr. Wortle's School | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for unfrock
/ (ʌnˈfrɒk) /
(tr) to deprive (a person in holy orders) of ecclesiastical status
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