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antipope

noun
/ˈantɪpəʊp/UK/ˈæntiˌpoʊp/US

Etymology

From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa.

  1. derived from antipāpa
  2. derived from antipape

Definitions

  1. A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed…

    A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.

    • Meanwhile support for the ‘puppet’ antipope Nicholas V, deprived of his protector and by now excommunicated along with his emperor, rapidly withered away.

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