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

noun

• Albigensians
  plural

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

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

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

The activity of speculation is evidenced by the increasing alarm which alleged heresy like the Albigensian was causing, and by the establishment of the system of ecclesiastical police283 which developed into the inquisition.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

These courts of experts, who devoted their whole attention to the discovery and conviction of heresy, constituted the Holy Inquisition, which gradually took form after the Albigensian crusade.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey