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Webster 1913 Edition
Antipope
An′ti-pope
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antipope
AN'TIPOPE
,Noun.
One who usurps the papal power, in opposition to the pope.
AN'TIPOPE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
antipope
antipope
English
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