Cathar
noun
(in medieval Europe) a member of any of several rigorously ascetic Christian sects maintaining a dualistic theology.
Cathari
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pluralof Cathar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Most of the Cathari, however, remained among the "believers," free to live ordinary lives in the world in the hope of salvation without the rigor of living as a "perfect."
From Time Magazine Archive
The burgesses of his cities, independent and intractable, were for the most part Cathari.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
The various sects into which the Cathari were divided were further known by special names, as Albanenses, Concorrezenses, Bajolenses, etc.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
The earliest interference with heresy occurs at the end of the twelfth century, when the Archbishop of Spalatro, doubtless under impulsion from Innocent, drove out a number of Cathari from Trieste and Spalatro.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
The Cathari saw this plainly, and within two years of the Council of Lombers they dared, in 1167, to hold a council of their own at St. Felix de Caraman near Toulouse.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
