antipope
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of antipope
1570–80; anti- + pope; replacing antipape < Medieval Latin antipāpa, modeled on Antichrīstus Antichrist
Example Sentences
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At one point John joined an untimely “crusade,” sailing to Flanders to fight the forces of the French antipope.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
In some minds it seemed to evoke the picture of a harmless ecclesiastical gentleman on a bicycle, in others that of an antipope.
From Time Magazine Archive
Additional energy had been infused into it by the activity of its Bulgarian antipope.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
Lewis answered the pope by setting up an antipope against him.
From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie
William II soon quarrelled with the archbishop, who would show no subservience to him, and would persist in acknowledging Pope Urban II in opposition to the antipope Clement.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
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