antipope UK /ˈantɪpəʊp/US /ˈæntiˌpoʊp/ noun1 •A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.Meanwhile support for the ‘puppet’ antipope Nicholas V, deprived of his protector and by now excommunicated along with his emperor, rapidly withered away. — 2007 formsantipopes
