antipope

Definition

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.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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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