Albigenses

American  

[al-bi-jen-seez] / ˌæl bɪˈdʒɛn siz /

plural noun

1. members of a Catharistic sect in the south of France that arose in the 11th century and was exterminated in the 13th century by a crusade AlbigensianCrusade and the Inquisition.

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Albigenses British  

/ ˌælbɪˈdʒɛnsiːz /

plural noun

1. members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Albigensianism
  noun
• Albigensian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Albigenses

< Medieval Latin Albīgēnsēs, plural of Albīgēnsis, equivalent to Albīg ( a ) Albi + -ēnsis -ensis

Example Sentences

Prophet Miller seems to claim precedents in the Essenes, the Albigenses and the heretical underground of Hieronymus Bosch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Printing came to the aid of the resistance inaugurated by the Vaudois and the Albigenses.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de

To these succeeded the Waldenses, Albigenses, and other true worshippers in the valleys of Piedmont.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

A Spanish priest named Dominic, came to France to preach against the Vaudois of Albi or Albigenses; and succeeded so well that his order received the title of the preachers.

From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.

In southern France they were devoted to common destruction with the Albigenses, though the distinction between the sects was clearly recognized.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles