sedevacantism

English

Etymology

sede vacante +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛdɪˈveɪkəntɪzəm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

sedevacantism (uncountable) (Christianity)

1. The belief, held by a minority of traditionalist Catholics, that the present occupant of the Holy See is not the true pope and that the see has been vacant since the 1960s.

Related terms

• sedes vacans
• sede vacante
• sedevacantist

Translations

belief that actual pope is not a true and legitimated one

• French: sédévacantisme (fr)
• German: Sedisvakantismus (de) m, Sedisvacantismus m (rare)
• Italian: sedevacantismo m
• Polish: sedewakantyzm m
• Portuguese: sedevacantismo (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: седевакантизам m

  Roman: sedevakantizam m

• Spanish: sedevacantismo (es) m