antipope

Other forms: antipopes

Definitions of antipope
  1. noun
    someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected
    “the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism”
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    examples:
    Guibert of Ravenna
    Italian antipope from 1080 to 1100 who was installed as pope by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV who consistently opposed efforts at papal reform (died in 1100)
    type of:
    Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ, pontiff, pope
    the head of the Roman Catholic Church
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