Crossword-Solution: ANTIPOPE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Antipope | n. | One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “ANTIPOPE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Alexander V, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Benedict X, but not IX or XI | 1 answer |
| Figure in a schism | 1 answer |
| Hippolytus or Novatian, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Not a fan of "The Rape of the Lock"? | 1 answer |
| John | 75 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ANTIPOPE (5)
Bernard, and the final triumph of Innocence the Second, that has branded Anacletus with the epithet of antipope.
But the quarter was at that time in the hands of the great Jewish race of Pierleoni, whose first antipope, Anacletus, had not been dead many years, and who, though they still held the castle and many towers and fortresses in Rome, had not succeeded in imposing the antipope Victor upon the Roman people, against the will of Bernard of Clairvaux.
Yet the papal condemnation caused many to hold aloof from the Emperor who, moreover, did not venture to set up an antipope.
They soon, as has been said, rebelled against the man of their choice, and, announcing that the election had been invalid because occasioned by fear, proceeded to appoint an antipope--Robert of Geneva, a man of personal charm but of evil life, known in history as Clement VII.
Now they, and you with them, have made an antipope, as far as your action and outward appearance go, since you consented to remain on the spot, when the incarnate demons chose the demon! You might say to me: "No, we did not choose him." I do not know how I can believe that.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, NYT.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (2001–2017).