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 formsAl·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 FormsAlbigensian, adjectiveAlbigensianism, noun

Word Origin for Albigenses

from Medieval Latin: inhabitants of Albi, from Albiga Albi

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Word Origin and History for albigensian

Albigensian

c.1600, "relating to the Albigenses," Catharist religious reformers of southern France c.1020-1250, Medieval Latin Albigenses (12c.), from French Albi, name of the town in Languedoc where they lived and were first condemned as heretics (1176). The town name is from Roman personal name Albius, from Latin albus "white" (see alb).