defrocking
Speech parts
1. defrocking - Noun
2. defrocking - Verb
Meaning
defrocking
present participle of defrock
defrocking (plural defrockings)
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
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Examples
Although Nikon's far-flung ambitions of steering the country to a theocratic form of government precipitated his defrocking and exile, Tsar Aleksey deemed it reasonable to uphold many of his innovations.
The Judicial Council also hears appeals from those who have been accused of chargeable offenses that can result in defrocking or revocation of membership.