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Meaning of "unfrock" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNFROCK

unfrock  [ʌnˈfrɒk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNFROCK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unfrock is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb unfrock in English.

WHAT DOES UNFROCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defrocking

To defrock, unfrock, or laicize ministers or priests is to remove their rights to exercise the functions of the ordained ministry. This may be due to criminal convictions, disciplinary matters, or disagreements over doctrine or dogma. It may also be voluntarily for personal reasons. Various Christian denominations have different procedures for doing this. While the functional meaning is the same, "defrocking" carries implications of forced laicization for misconduct, while "laicization" implies no judgement either way and may be initiated by the request of a priest to be released from vows.

Definition of unfrock in the English dictionary

The definition of unfrock in the dictionary is to deprive of ecclesiastical status.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNFROCK

PRESENT

Present
I unfrock
you unfrock
he/she/it unfrocks
we unfrock
you unfrock
they unfrock
Present continuous
I am unfrocking
you are unfrocking
he/she/it is unfrocking
we are unfrocking
you are unfrocking
they are unfrocking
Present perfect
I have unfrocked
you have unfrocked
he/she/it has unfrocked
we have unfrocked
you have unfrocked
they have unfrocked
Present perfect continuous
I have been unfrocking
you have been unfrocking
he/she/it has been unfrocking
we have been unfrocking
you have been unfrocking
they have been unfrocking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I unfrocked
you unfrocked
he/she/it unfrocked
we unfrocked
you unfrocked
they unfrocked
Past continuous
I was unfrocking
you were unfrocking
he/she/it was unfrocking
we were unfrocking
you were unfrocking
they were unfrocking
Past perfect
I had unfrocked
you had unfrocked
he/she/it had unfrocked
we had unfrocked
you had unfrocked
they had unfrocked
Past perfect continuous
I had been unfrocking
you had been unfrocking
he/she/it had been unfrocking
we had been unfrocking
you had been unfrocking
they had been unfrocking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will unfrock
you will unfrock
he/she/it will unfrock
we will unfrock
you will unfrock
they will unfrock
Future continuous
I will be unfrocking
you will be unfrocking
he/she/it will be unfrocking
we will be unfrocking
you will be unfrocking
they will be unfrocking
Future perfect
I will have unfrocked
you will have unfrocked
he/she/it will have unfrocked
we will have unfrocked
you will have unfrocked
they will have unfrocked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been unfrocking
you will have been unfrocking
he/she/it will have been unfrocking
we will have been unfrocking
you will have been unfrocking
they will have been unfrocking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would unfrock
you would unfrock
he/she/it would unfrock
we would unfrock
you would unfrock
they would unfrock
Conditional continuous
I would be unfrocking
you would be unfrocking
he/she/it would be unfrocking
we would be unfrocking
you would be unfrocking
they would be unfrocking
Conditional perfect
I would have unfrock
you would have unfrock
he/she/it would have unfrock
we would have unfrock
you would have unfrock
they would have unfrock
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been unfrocking
you would have been unfrocking
he/she/it would have been unfrocking
we would have been unfrocking
you would have been unfrocking
they would have been unfrocking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you unfrock
we let´s unfrock
you unfrock
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to unfrock
Past participle
unfrocked
Present Participle
unfrocking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNFROCK


baroque
bəˈrɒk
bedrock
ˈbɛdˌrɒk
broch
brɒk
brock
brɒk
croc
krɒk
crock
krɒk
defrock
diːˈfrɒk
disfrock
dɪsˈfrɒk
frock
frɒk
grok
ɡrɒk
Gyprock
ˈdʒɪprɒk
hardrock
ˈhɑːdˌrɒk
moonrock
ˈmuːnˌrɒk
Ragnarok
ˈrɑːɡnəˌrɒk
roc
rɒk
rock
rɒk
sciroc
ʃɪˈrɒk
shamrock
ˈʃæmˌrɒk
sheetrock
ˈʃiːtˌrɒk
slickrock
ˈslɪkˌrɒk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNFROCK

unfrequently
unfretted
unfriend
unfriended
unfriendedness
unfriendlier
unfriendliest
unfriendlily
unfriendliness
unfriendly
unfriendship
unfrighted
unfrightened
unfrivolous
unfroze
unfrozen
unfructuous
unfruitful
unfruitfully
unfruitfulness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNFROCK

acid rock
alt-rock
cap rock
cock-of-the-rock
cock rock
country rock
desert rock
folk-rock
glam rock
hard rock
jazz rock
moon rock
post-rock
prog rock
progressive rock
punk rock
reservoir rock
smock frock
Thurrock
wall rock

Synonyms and antonyms of unfrock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unfrock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNFROCK

Find out the translation of unfrock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unfrock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unfrock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unfrock
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unfrock
570 millions of speakers

English

unfrock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unfrock
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unfrock
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unfrock
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unfrock
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্রক্ খুলিয়া লত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

défroquer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Unfrock
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

laisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unfrock
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unfrock
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unfrock
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoàn tục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரோதமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

papazlıktan çıkarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfratare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unfrock
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unfrock
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unfrock
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unfrock
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unfrock
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unfrock
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unfrock
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unfrock

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFROCK»

The term «unfrock» is used very little and occupies the 181.068 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFROCK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unfrock» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unfrock» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unfrock

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNFROCK»

Discover the use of unfrock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unfrock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
Unfledged (adj): not To disbar a lawyer, to unfrock apriest, to suspend adoctors license to practice –these areextreme stepsthat the authorities should take only aftercarefulconsideration. • Unfrock (vb): defrock. • : to strip a priest or minister ...
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
2
Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary: ...
poco amistoso; w T0 o TOWARD sb: she was very w to o toward them estuvo muy antipática ar desagradable con ellos Q (terrain/climate) hostil unfrock /'An'fra:k l| AlTfTDk/ vi retirar del sacerdocio unfroze /'An:freuz/ pasi of unfreeze unfrozen ...
Carol Styles Carvajal, Jane Horwood, Nicholas Rollin, 2004
3
The vision of Rubeta: an epic story of the island of ...
Prelates. unfrock'd. in. Pyrrhic. frenzy. dance,. 9io. We have shown how John Waters surpassed, in the estimation of Pk- tronius, all his other contributors, and especially one F. \V. S. We shall now find the same F. W. S. to be nothing in ...
Laughton Osborn, 1838
4
The Last Fruit Off an Old Tree
She who called the bishop of Ely a "proud prelate," and, as manfully as ever her father could have done, swore by God she would unfrock him. We recommend at the present day no such hasty and intemperate measures; we would not quite ...
Walter Savage Landor, 1853
5
Up and down the London streets
It was to enforce this enforced bargain with Bishop Cox that Elizabeth wrote the letter remarkable for its brevity and emphasis, in which she swore a good Tudor oath to unfrock Cox : — " Proud Prelate, — I understand you are backward in ...
Mark Lemon, 1867
6
GRE:
Chained to the wall for months on end, the hostage despaired that he would ever be unfettered, unfetter, v. unfledged adj. immature. It is hard for an unfledged writer to find a sympathetic publisher. unfrock v. to strip a priest or minister of church ...
Sharon Green, Ira K. Wolf, 2009
7
Europa
If they wanted to unfrock him, he laughed, let them do it now. The silence that followed this supremely political manoeuvre confirmed the Indian Welshman's cleverness, with the students clearly wondering what the trouble was, and what on ...
Tim Parks, 2012
8
London Society an illustrated magazine of light and amusing ...
It was to enforce this enforced bargain with Bishop Cox that Elizabeth wrote the letter remarkable for its brevity and emphasis, in which she swore a good Tudor oath to unfrock Cox : — 'Photo Prelate, — I understand you are backward in ...
‎1866
9
Rosanada Requiem: Volume 3 of the Rosanada Trilogy
We knew that Linde had been a very outspoken enemy of Lamadrid for years. With him trying the case, we were sure he would find in our favor. You see we were determined to unfrock Lamadrid. We had to unfrock him. After we had paid all ...
Josue Raul Conte, 2009
10
Othello-travestie: In Three Acts
... owing to Elizabeth't partiality for swearing : — -in a scarce tract, entitled " The Modes of ye Courte," by Syr T. Tilburie, 1578," we find that our Virgin Queen once threatened a bishop, "By Gr— — — , I'll immediately unfrock you." Steevens.
John Poole, 1813

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNFROCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unfrock is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The WICB sees in the 'Chanderpaul incident' a moment in which it …
The rights of communities foregrounded in the rights of individuals – the necessary quid pro quo of our citizenship – to unfrock the one was to disarm the other. «Stabroek News, Jun 15»
2
PPP/C speaker sees May 11 as 'mother of all elections'
He stressed that he was there to “unfrock” the position of the opposition. “They dare to come forth and to say to you we are the better alternative” but they are not, ... «Stabroek News, Mar 15»
3
Politics and alarmism have no place in climate science
If the scientific community will not unfrock the charlatans, the public will not discern the difference — science and the nation will suffer." What about Folland? «The Columbian, Nov 14»
4
Everything You Need to Know About the "Slednecks" Premiere
Alert: Zeke is a horrible stripper; we don't get to see Dylan (unfrock). Kelly and Sierra try to make each other jealous. Sierra calls Tosca a slut. Kelly gets Sierra ... «Cosmopolitan.com, Oct 14»
5
To Sir Don, with love
But where is the bowler who can unfrock him?" said the West Indian. How Bradman mesmerised the English in 1930 is history. As he was making his first Test ... «Rediff, Aug 12»
6
The trade union bosses compare David Cameron with Margaret …
... TUC might well feel like echoing the words of Elizabeth I to a rebellious cleric – "Remember what thou were before I made the what thou art, or I'll unfrock thee, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 11»
7
Catholic Church decided not to unfrock priest who abused deaf boys
The decision not to unfrock Gallanagh, who also abused children at deaf school, is likely to prove embarrassing for the Catholic Church in England and Wales, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 10»
8
Pope Benedict XVI unfrocks Medjugorje priest
Father Tomislav Vlasic, the former "spiritual director" to six visionaries who claim that the Virgin Mary visited them nearly 40,000 times over 28 years, has been ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 09»

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