disfrocked
/dɪsˈfrɑkt/
adjective
- Having been removed from the clergy, especially as a formal punishment.
- A disfrocked minister may still hold religious beliefs but cannot lead a congregation.
- The disfrocked priest lived quietly in a small town.
- The church published a list of disfrocked clergy members.
verb
- Past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- They disfrocked him for violating his vows.
- The bishop disfrocked the deacon after the investigation.
- The council disfrocked three priests last year.