DEFROCKING

10 letters 21 Scrabble points

Definition of DEFROCKING

verb
  1. To divest of a frock.

  2. To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.

    "The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites."

  3. (by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.

Related words: disfrock unfrock
noun
  1. The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters D E F R O C K I N G
Length 10 letters
Scrabble Score 21 points