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Severe punishment for a priest
Answer for the clue "Severe punishment for a priest ", 10 letters:
defrocking
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vb. (present participle of defrock English)
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"Laicization" redirects here. For the term in the canon law of the Catholic Church, see Laicization (Catholic Church) . Defrocking , unfrocking , or laicization of clergy is the removal of their rights to exercise the functions of the ordained ministry. ...
Usage examples of defrocking.
The Sacristy, as the Church's highest governing body, had every legal right to act as it had, yet the defrocking of a priest could not but be the gravest of steps.
Worse, she had no idea how Jackson might feel about serving on an infidel's staff—particularly when that infidel had just been involved in the politically charged defrocking of another priest.
Worse, she had no idea how Jackson might feel about serving on an infidel's staffparticularly when that infidel had just been involved in the politically charged defrocking of another priest.
The Sacristy, as the Church’s highest governing body, had every legal right to act as it had, yet the defrocking of a priest could not but be the gravest of steps.
Worse, she had no idea how Jackson might feel about serving on an infidel’s staff—particularly when that infidel had just been involved in the politically charged defrocking of another priest.