albigenses : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: albigenses	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Albigenses n a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism Synonym(s): Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Albigenses \Al`bigen"ses\, d8Albigeois \[d8]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. 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.