antipope

See also: anti-pope

English

Alternative forms

  • anti-pope

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈantɪpəʊp/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæntiˌpoʊp/, /ˈænˌtaɪˌpoʊp/

Noun

antipope (plural antipopes)

  1. (Christianity) 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.
    Hypernym: pretender
    Coordinate terms: antibishop, anticardinal, pseudocardinal
    • 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 59:
      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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