Antipope
WordNet

noun


(1)   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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Etymology


From , plus , from and , diminutive form of .

Noun



  1. 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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