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- Medieval Latin · derived fromantipāpa
- Middle French · derived fromantipape
- English todayantipope
From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
antipope
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Middle French antipape ← Medieval Latin antipāpa