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antipapacy

antipapacy noun: antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope.

Noun

antipapacy (uncountable)

  1. antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope
    • And as for the perſecution of the Empreſſe which happened long before, and for an other cauſe, to witt, foraſmuch as Vigilius after his predeceſſor Siluerius was dead, and that he was become true Pope, would not keepe the promiſe that he had made, and ſecretlie accomplisht to her during his...1630, The Reply of the Most Illustrious Cardinall of Perron, to the Ansvveare of the Most Excellent King of Great Britaine, first tome, […] Martin Bogart, […], page 254
    • As the author has established, what must make one cautious about such a judgement is the fact that the time was past for an antipapacy installed by the emperor.1980, Philosophy and History, page 105

Origin of antipapacy

From anti- + papacy.

Questions about antipapacy

What does antipapacy mean?
Antipapacy means antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope.
What part of speech is antipapacy?
Antipapacy is a noun.

Words near antipapacy in the dictionary

  1. antipaludic
  2. antipamozole
  3. antipandemic
  4. Antipangol
  5. antipanic
  6. antipapacy
  7. antipapal
  8. antipapalism
  9. antipapalist
  10. antipapalists
  11. antipaparazzi

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