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

• Albigensianism
  noun
• Albigensian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Albigenses

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

Example Sentences

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Albigenses

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The Albigenses were a body of men living about Toulouse and Albigeois, in Languedoc, who distinguished themselves by their opposition to the doctrines and ceremonies of the Church of Rome.

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

He was afterwards engaged in the wars of the Albigenses, and on being accused of heresy his lands were given to Simon IV., count of Montfort.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

At the flourishing city of Albi these progressive ideas assumed a definite shape in an organization of the people, which received the appellation of the Albigenses.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

The council could do no otherwise; the traditions of procedure established in the subjugation of the Albigenses and the succeeding heresies furnished the only precedent and machinery through which it could act.

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