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disfrock

American  
[dis-frok] / dɪsˈfrɒk /

verb (used with object)

Ecclesiastical.

  1. to unfrock.

disfrock British  
/ dɪsˈfrɒk /

verb

  1. another word for unfrock

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Origin of disfrock

First recorded in 1830–40; dis- 1 + frock

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Disfrock, dis-frok′, v.t. to unfrock, deprive of clerical garb.

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