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antipope

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an·ti·pope  (nt-pp)
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 antippa : Latin anti-, anti- + ppa, pope; see pope.]
antipope
Noun
a pope set up in opposition to the one chosen by church laws
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Noun1.antipope - 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"
Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ - the head of the Roman Catholic Church
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2) The foundation bull for the University of Turin issued by the Avignonese antipope Benedict XIII on 27 November 1405 expressed the same sentiments in almost identical language.
The universities of the Renaissance and Reformation* by Grendler, Paul F. / Renaissance Quarterly
Cardinal Pierre d'Ailly (1350-1420), a distinguished French theologian and educator whose interests included astronomy, persuaded his friend, the antipope John XXIII, to issue a decree in 1412 correcting the calendar, but it was ignored.
The confusion of calendars: the meaning of the millennial change to ... by Pierard, Richard V. / Baptist History and Heritage
They believe they are antipopes, imposters, precursors of the anti-Christ perhaps, or quite possibly even the anti-Christ.
Is the pope Catholic? by U.S. Catholic
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