unfrock

Questions about unfrock

What does unfrock mean?

unfrock means "divest of the frock; of church officials".

How many syllables are in unfrock?

unfrock has 2 syllables: un-frock. The stress falls on "frock".

What is another word for unfrock?

Close synonyms include defrock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unfrock a common word?

unfrock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.