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

• Albigensianism
  noun

Example Sentences

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

The Albigensian Crusades had put an end to open resistance, yet the heretics were none the less numerous, and, if less defiant, were only the more difficult to discover.

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

During the persecution they suffered at the period of the Albigensian wars numbers of them fled into Spain, where they found a refuge from their intolerant enemies.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis