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

The crusade against the Albigenses was carried into Gascony, and this warfare gave a new impetus to the process of disintegration which was already at work in the duchy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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 When Love Calls by Weyman, Stanley John

His nephew, Thierry, an equally hardened heretic, escaped to Toulouse, where five years later we find him a bishop among the Albigenses, who were gratified in having a Frenchman as an accomplice.

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

If we look over the histories of the Albigenses, we find many instances of their defensive resisting their oppressing superiors.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander