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antipope
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun antipope has 1 sense
- antipope(n = noun.person) Array - someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected; "the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism" is a kind of bishop of rome, catholic pope, holy father, pontiff, pope, roman catholic pope, vicar of christ
has particulars: clement iii, guibert of ravenna
CIDE DICTIONARY
antipope, n.
One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
antipope, n. a person set up as pope in opposition to one (held by others to be) canonically chosen.
Etymology
F antipape f. med.L antipapa, assim. to POPE(1)
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