1. the act of removing someone from the clergy or depriving them of ecclesiastical rank
Usage: formal; religious context

Examples

• The bishop announced the disfrocking of the priest following the investigation.
• His disfrocking was the result of violating church doctrine.
• The scandal led to the disfrocking of several clergy members.
• After the disfrocking, he could no longer perform religious ceremonies.
• The church council voted unanimously for his disfrocking.
• She wrote about the historical cases of disfrocking in her research paper.