antipope

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected

From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa.

Anacletus II., Pietro Pierleoni Antipope to Innocent II., from 1130 to 1138. — Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Aaron Bernstein
The Emperor Henry II., who combated Antipope Gregory and re-established Benoît VIII., has two surnames, the Saint and the Lame.” “Two surtouts are a good thing,” murmured Fauchelevent, who really was a little hard of hearing. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
He answered, that everybody knew you had received the crown of martyrdom at Rome, between the pope and antipope, and had performed many miracles, for which they had canonized you, and that you wanted only to die to become a saint.' — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor

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