antipope
antipope · antipopes
антипапа
Gegenpapst
A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed…A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.
UK/ˈantɪpəʊp/US/ˈæntiˌpoʊp/
Meaning
1 sensesA person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.
Gegenpapst
антипа́паantipápa
someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
person who claims to be pope:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who claims to be pope:
Origin
From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipFrom Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa.
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