Albigensian

American  

[al-buh-jen-see-uhn, -jen-shuhn] / ˌæl bəˈdʒɛn si ən, -ˈdʒɛn ʃən /

noun

• Albigensians
  plural

1. a member of the Albigenses or a person who follows the doctrine associated with the Albigenses.

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adjective

1. relating to the Albigenses, their doctrines, or the crusade against them.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Albigensianism
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Albigensians
  plural

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Example Sentences

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We're chucked headlong into the centre of the Albigensian French Crusades and the quest for the Holy Grail, as Alaïs, the daughter of a Grail guardian, is handed a rather important ring.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2013

Others sang such outrageous satires against the papacy that they helped provoke the ruinous Albigensian Crusade.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this spirit the Albigensian war continued, with occasional respites, for more than thirty years.

From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Pierce Butler

Garland was one of the professors chosen in 1229 for the new university of Toulouse, and remained in the south during the Albigensian crusade, of which he gives a detailed account in books iv.-vi.

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

It is important to distinguish clearly this Waldensian movement from the so-called Albigensian one.

From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Ernst Von Dobschutz

Let's not advertise the Albigensians as simon-pure Christians, which they were not, at least in principle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir: In a footnote to your story, we are told that the Albigensians adopted a "strict, other worldly practice of Christianity, and were virtually exterminated by the church."

From Time Magazine Archive

They were Albigensians, heretics, and their songs, their protocols of courtly love, were simply the elaborate double-talk of a theology driven underground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet just this attitude of the Albigensians was what made it so difficult to distinguish between the two movements, and has caused a curious confusion.

From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Ernst Von Dobschutz

But "the enticing words of man's wisdom" failed to win the Albigensians from what they believed to be the words of God.

From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart

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