1. a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Avignon
n 1: a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat
of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of
antipopes during the Great Schism