antipope

Definitions


[ˈantɪpəʊp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person established as pope in opposition to one held by others to be canonically chosen


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Origin:
late Middle English antipape, via French from medieval Latin antipapa (on the pattern of Antichrist). The change in the ending in the 17th century was due to association with pope




definition by Oxford Dictionaries