antipope
pronunciation
How to pronounce antipope in British English:
UK ['æntɪpəʊp]
How to pronounce antipope in American English:
US ['æntɪpoʊp]
Word Origin
- antipope (n.)
- also anti-pope, early 15c. (mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Medieval Latin antipapa, from Greek anti- "against" (see anti-) + papa (see pope).
Example
- 1. Despite the pronouncement of bishop darcis , antipope clement vii ( first antipope of the western schism ) prescribed indulgences for pilgrimages to the shroud , so that veneration continued , though the shroud was not permitted to be styled the true shroud .