antipope

English Thesaurus

1. someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected (noun.person)

hypernym	:	bishop of rome, catholic pope, holy father, pontiff, pope, roman catholic pope, vicar of christ,
definition	:	the head of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	clement iii, guibert of ravenna,
definition	:	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) (noun.person)