Definition of Antipape

Definition of Antipape

Antipope, a pope elected by a civil power in opposition to one elected by the cardinals, or one self-elected and usurped; there were some 26 of such, first and last.

- Wikipedia

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 Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

a person who claims or claimed to be the pope as the result of a disputed election, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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