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 Henry Charles Lea
Under these circumstances the antipope again marched towards Rome in 1063 and entered the city, but was soon forced to take refuge in the castle of St Angelo.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
Indeed, the ambassador he sent to the Emperor’s council at Würzburg renounced the Pope in his master’s name and promised that Henry would help Frederic’s antipope.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
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