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Antipope

noun
1.
Someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected.





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"Antipope" Quotes from Famous Books



... leader of the Christian world, Urban was happier and stronger by the coincidence and collaboration of both forces. There was a rival pope, and there were sovereigns who were his enemies. What a God-given opportunity to humble the Antipope and bring the unfriendly kings ...
— Peter the Hermit - A Tale of Enthusiasm • Daniel A. Goodsell
... ANTIPOPE, a pope elected by a civil power in opposition to one elected by the cardinals, or one self-elected and usurped; there were some 26 ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood


Words linked to "Antipope" :   Catholic Pope, Holy Father, Clement III, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ, pope, pontiff, Guibert of Ravenna, Bishop of Rome


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