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[syn: Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Albigenses \Al`bi*gen"ses\, Albigeois \Al`bi`geois"\, n. pl.
[From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the
south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.)
A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th
centuries.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the
pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the
Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Albigenses
n 1: a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th
and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism [syn:
Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari]