0 past simple and past participle of defrock
1 to dismiss a priest (= remove him from his job), usually because of bad behaviour
Leo excommunicated him and defrocked him in absentia.
Defrocked priests can offer themselves, but those who have merely retired cannot.
There has been much discussion about priests being defrocked and laicised and other such issues.
They can, if they have been defrocked.
The churches were shut down and priests were captured and defrocked while expelled and scorned by the police authorities.
Some priests resigned, others were defrocked and jailed, and there were financial settlements with many victims.
Many of the accused priests were forced to resign or were defrocked.
Defrocked as a priest since he broke his monastic vows and got married.
