pseudocardinal

English

pseudo- +‎ cardinal

pseudocardinal (plural pseudocardinals)

(historical, ecclesiastical, chiefly in medieval and early modern history) A cardinal appointed by an antipope and consequently seen as illegitimate by the pope and those who recognize him.
- 2013, Franz Posset, Marcus Marulus and the Biblia Latina of 1489: An Approach to His Biblical Hermeneutics, →ISBN, page 26:
  He was created cardinal by Antipope Felix V, thus he would be considered by some as a ‘pseudocardinal’ […]
- 2017, Yvonne Friedman, Religion and Peace: Historical Aspects, Routledge, →ISBN:
  According to the vita, Ursulina was readily received by the “antipope,” having been aided by an introduction from the “pseudocardinal” Pierre du Puy. The pope received her alone, and she threatened him with hell unless he abdicated.
(malacology) A type of tooth found on the shells of some bivalve molluscs.
- 1922, WB Marshall, “New pearly fresh water mussels from South America”, in Proceedings of the US National Museum, volume 61, number 2437:
  Right valve with three pseudocardinal teeth, the front one being strongest, high and triangular, the second low and longer, the posterior one indistinctly differentiated from the hinge plate.
- 1997, SM Martin, “Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Maine”, in Northeastern Naturalist:
  True clams are said to have "cardinal" teeth, so named because of their proximity to the heart (the Greek kardia means "heart"); freshwater mussel pseudocardinals are not so positioned.

cardinal appointed by an antipope