antipope

English

Etymology

From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- +‎ pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈantɪpəʊp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæntiˌpoʊp/, /ˈænˌtaɪˌpoʊp/

Noun

antipope (plural antipopes)

1. (Christianity) 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.
   • 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 59:

     Meanwhile support for the ‘puppet’ antipope Nicholas V, deprived of his protector and by now excommunicated along with his emperor, rapidly withered away.

Coordinate terms

• antibishop
• pseudocardinal

Translations

person who claims to be pope

• Armenian: հակապապ (hy) (hakapap)
• Czech: antipapež m
• Danish: modpave c
• Dutch: tegenpaus (nl) m
• Finnish: vastapaavi (fi)
• French: antipape (fr) m
• Georgian: ანტიპაპი (anṭiṗaṗi)
• German: Gegenpapst (de) m
• Greek: αντίπαπας (el) m (antípapas)
• Hungarian: ellenpápa (hu)
• Irish: frithphápa m
• Latin: antipāpa m
• Polish: antypapież (pl) m
• Portuguese: antipapa m
• Romanian: antipapă (ro) m
• Russian: антипа́па (ru) m (antipápa)
• Spanish: antipapa (es) m
• Swedish: motpåve (sv) c

See also

• schism

Further reading

• antipope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia