Antipope

[æntipәup]

Definition

(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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Definition

(n.) 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.

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Definition

n. a pontiff elected in opposition to one canonically chosen e.g. those who resided at Avignon in the 13th and 14th centuries.

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