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Noun: antipope  'an-ti,powp
  1. 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"

Derived forms: antipopes

Type of: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ

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