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

Example Sentences

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Albigensian Albigensians

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

Whether this new feature in the public law of Europe could establish itself was the question at issue in the Albigensian crusades.

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

The legend which has grown around Dominic represents him as one of the chief causes of the overthrow of the Albigensian heresies.

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

In the Low Countries Rome had suffered a rude check, which brought the Inquisition into vogue there, and consequently closed France against it: Toulouse alone, as being the old Albigensian country, having endured the Inquisition.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules

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

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

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

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 Wishart, Alfred Wesley

Innocent III.'s successor in the Holy See, Pope Honorius III., though at first very pronounced in his opposition to the Albigensians, had less ability, less perseverance, and less influence than his predecessor.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Black, Robert