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| a person who is elected or claims to be pope in opposition to another held to be canonically chosen. |
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Antipope
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n. A person claiming to be or elected pope in opposition to the one chosen by church law, as during a schism. [Middle English, from Old French antipape, from Medieval Latin antipāpa : Latin anti-, anti- + pāpa, pope; see pope.] |
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antipope
1579 (c.1236 in Anglo-L.), from M.L. antipapa.
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| antipope | |
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| 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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Antipope
An"ti*pope\, n. One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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