antipope
English
Etymology
From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈantɪpəʊp/
Noun
antipope (plural antipopes)
- (Christianity) A person who claims or claimed to be the pope as the result of a disputed election, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 59:
- Meanwhile support for the ‘puppet’ antipope Nicholas V, deprived of his protector and by now excommunicated along with his emperor, rapidly withered away.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 59:
Translations
person who claims to be pope
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