The process of officially removing someone from their position as a priest or church official.
Present participle/gerund of defrock. Used as a noun to describe the formal procedure and event of removing someone's clerical status.
A defrocking is a formal ecclesiastical procedure with witnesses and documentation—it's not just firing someone, it's an official church trial with serious theological consequences for the person involved.
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