Antipope Definition

ăntĭ-pōp
noun
A person claiming to be or elected pope in opposition to the one chosen by church law, as during a schism.
American Heritage
A pope set up against the one chosen by church laws, as in a schism.
Webster's New World

(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.

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Other Word Forms of Antipope

Noun

Singular:
antipope
Plural:
antipopes

Origin of Antipope

  • Middle English from Old French antipape from Medieval Latin antipāpa Latin anti- anti- pāpa pope pope

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Antipope Sentence Examples

  • Throughout the major part of his pontificate he had to reckon with the presence of the powerful antipope Clement III.

  • In 1165 Charles was canonized by the antipope Paschal III.

  • The antipope, at the instance of France, ended by abdicating (7th April 1449).

  • In 1377 it was sacked by Cardinal Robert of Geneva (afterwards Clement VII., antipope).

  • In 1130 Roger was crowned at Palermo, by authority of the antipope Anacletus, taking the strange title of " king of Sicily and Italy."

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

EPEOPE

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