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
When Alexander III. was exiled from Rome by Frederic Barbarossa and his antipope Victor, and came to France, he called, in 1163, a great council at Tours.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
The Romans, as usual, required the vanquished pope to abdicate, and accepted Barbarossa as their ruler, who gave them an antipope.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
Yet even now they seemed to shrink from the creation of an antipope.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
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