defrock
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
/diːˈfɹɒk/
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/diːˈfɹɒk/ · /diˈfɹɑk/
Definition of defrock
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (literally)To divest of a frock.
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verb
- (literally)To divest of a frock.
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(figuratively)To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
“The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.”
“The Vatican has defrocked the anti-abortion US priest Frank Pavone for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” as well as “persistent disobedience” of his bishop.”
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(broadly)To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
“There are refugees and black marketers, defrocked bankers and resistance fighters, gamblers, floozies, French colonial policemen, American and Spanish entertainers, and, eventually, Nazi officers (who in reality never set foot in Casablanca).”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French défroquer, from dé- + froc. By surface analysis, de- + frock.
Words you can make from defrock
81 playable · top: FROCKED (17 pts)
Best play frocked 17 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
28 words- FECK 13 pts
- DECK 11 pts
- DOCK 11 pts
- FORK 11 pts
- KERF 11 pts
- COKE 10 pts
- CORK 10 pts
- RECK 10 pts
- ROCK 10 pts
- CORF 9 pts
- DORK 9 pts
- DREK 9 pts
- FEOD 8 pts
- FORD 8 pts
- KORE 8 pts
- CODE 7 pts
- COED 7 pts
- CORD 7 pts
- CRED 7 pts
- DECO 7 pts
- FORE 7 pts
- FROE 7 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- DOER 5 pts
- DORE 5 pts
- REDO 5 pts
- RODE 5 pts
3-letter words
24 words2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
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