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

• Albigensian adjective
• Albigensianism noun

Etymology

Origin of Albigenses

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

Example Sentences

The Albigenses, or Cathars, believed the material world is the evil that wars with good.

From Washington Times

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 Project Gutenberg

In all essentials the doctrine of the Paulicians was identical with that of the Albigenses.

From Project Gutenberg

At any rate at Albi, which, like Cahors, stands among hills, there are no traces of the Albigenses left; not even such a story as rings about the name of Beziers with fire.

From Project Gutenberg

He was one of the instigators of the cruel and inhuman crusade against the Albigenses about 1212.

From Project Gutenberg