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Defrocking

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unfrockverb(transitive) To remove from the clergy; to revoke the clerical status of.
unfrockingnounThe act of somebody being unfrocked.
deprivationnoun(uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
disestablishmentnounSpecifically, the removal of state privileges or patronage from a given church; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
dismissalnounDeprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
removalnounThe process of removing or the fact of being removed.
disfranchisementnounThe deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
disrobementnounThe act of disrobing (undressing, removing clothes).
disenthronementnounDethronement.
defenestrationnounThe act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally.
dethroningnounThe removal of a ruler from the throne.
disinvestiturenounThe act of depriving of investiture.
deconfessionalizationnounThe removal of the influence of a particular religion (from).
undressingverbThe act of removing somebody's clothes.
dismissionnounRemoval from office; termination of employment or services, or position in ones affections.
castrationnoun(surgery) The act of removing the testicles.
disrobingnounRemoval of the clothes.
divestiturenounThe act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
deconsecrationnounA ritual observing the removal from service of a sacred place, such as the closing of a church.
declericalizationnounThe removal of clerical influence

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