antipope
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of antipope
1570–80; anti- + pope; replacing antipape < Medieval Latin antipāpa, modeled on Antichrīstus Antichrist
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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
He had fought for the antipope, and was the first to enter Rome when captured by the army of Henry.
From Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm by Daniel A. Goodsell
Where is the just man whom they have chosen for antipope, if indeed our highest pontiff, Pope Urban VI., were not the true Vicar of Christ?
From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Saint of Siena Catherine
His most signal act as king was to aid in closing the Great Schism in the Church by agreeing to the deposition of the antipope Benedict XIV., an Aragonese.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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