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unfrockverb(transitive) To remove from the clergy; to revoke the clerical status of.
celibate(chiefly religious) Not married.
diocesanPertaining to a diocese.
disbarreda 1939 American crime film about a crooked lawyer starring Gail Patrick and Robert Preston.
suffraganAn auxiliary bishop.
priestlyOf or relating to priests.
canonicalAccording to recognised or orthodox rules.
consecratedmade or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
ecclesiasticalOf or pertaining to the church.
passionistA member of a Roman Catholic religious institute with a special emphasis on the Passion of Jesus Christ.
archdiocesan(ecclesiastical) Of or relating to an archdiocese.
deconsecrateddivested of consecration
episcopalianEpiscopalian
basilianRelating to Saint Basil the Great.
sulpician(historical) One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States.
archpriest(Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
outedNot inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
anglicanRelating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.
episcopalOf or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
abusedHaving been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.

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