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antipope (n.)

also anti-pope, early 15c. (mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Medieval Latin antipapa, from Greek anti "against, opposite, instead of" (see anti-) + papa (see pope). There have been about 30 of them, the last was Felix V, elected at Basel in 1439.

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Definitions of antipope from WordNet

antipope (n.)
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
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