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

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Etymology

Origin of Albigenses

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

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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

This distinction is thoroughly Manichean, and leaves no doubt as to the origin of the Albigenses.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam

I believe that proof will be found of the distinction between the Waldenses and Albigenses in t. iii. p.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam

The Catharists, a fraternity of the same Paulician origin, more dispersed than the Albigenses, had previously sustained a similar trial.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam

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 John Alberger

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