defrock
v. 剥去法衣,解除僧职
If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour.
Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked.
梅勒斯宣扬异端邪说,不得不立即免去其圣职。
...a defrocked priest.
被免除圣职的牧师
1. divest of the frock; of church officials