antipope

/an-ti-pohp/US // ˈæn tɪˌpoʊp //UK // (ˈæntɪˌpəʊp) //

反教皇,反教宗,反教廷

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a person who is elected or claims to be pope in opposition to another held to be canonically chosen.

This pope was held to be an antipope; nevertheless, La Gasque was regarded as a prophetess.
There are ruins of the castle constructed in the 9th or 10th century, in which the antipope Anacletus II.
He had fought for the antipope, and was the first to enter Rome when captured by the army of Henry.
The antipope, at the instance of France, ended by abdicating (7th April 1449).
Antipope: an opposition pope, of which there have been several examples in history; they were usurpers of the popedom.