disfrock

American

[dis-frok] / dɪsˈfrɒk /

verb (used with object)

Ecclesiastical.

to unfrock.

disfrock British

/ dɪsˈfrɒk /

verb

another word for unfrock

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Etymology

Origin of disfrock

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

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