| NOUN | person | antipope | someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected |
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| Meaning | someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected. | |
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| Example | "the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism" | |
| Instances | Clement III, Guibert of Ravenna | Italian antipope from 1080 to 1100 who was installed as pope by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV who consistently opposed efforts at papal reform (died in 1100) |
| Broader | pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome | The head of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Spanish | antipapa | |
| Catalan | antipapa | |
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