Albigenses

[ al-bi-jen-seez ]

/ ˌæl bɪˈdʒɛn siz /

plural noun

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 (Albigensian Crusade) and the Inquisition.

Origin of Albigenses

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

Related forms

Al·bi·gen·si·an

[al-bi-jen-see-uh n, -shuh n] /ˌæl bɪˈdʒɛn si ən, -ʃən/, adjective, nounAl·bi·gen·si·an·ism, noun

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Examples from the Web for albigensian

The immediate purpose of their Order was resistance to the Albigensian heresy.
Education in England in the Middle Ages|Albert William Parry
For the next ten years he was more or less concerned with the hideous atrocities of the Albigensian war.
The Coming of the Friars|Augustus Jessopp
The pious Simon de Montfort thus consulted the "sacred lots" ere taking the cross for the Albigensian crusade.
Life on a Mediaeval Barony|William Stearns Davis
During the two generations which followed the Albigensian crusade, the power of the Papacy had been at the height.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)|Thomas Babington Macaulay

The die was cast; the Church so willed it, and a new Albigensian war was inevitable.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II|Henry Charles Lea

British Dictionary definitions for albigensian

Albigenses

/ (ˌælbɪˈdʒɛnsiːz) /

pl n

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

Derived Forms

Albigensian, adjectiveAlbigensianism, noun

Word Origin for Albigenses

from Medieval Latin: inhabitants of Albi, from Albiga Albi

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