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
Gregory was relentless in the extermination of Waldenses, Beghards, and the remnants of the Cathari, but he saw nothing to object to in the mysticism and illuminism of his visitors.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Nothing was accomplished by this; but in 1365 the Cathari, irritated at Tvrtko’s efforts to suppress them, drove him and his mother from Bosnia.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
The sectaries called themselves Cathari, or the pure.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
Although in Italy, as in France, the name of Waldenses had become applicable to all heretics, and they were commonly designated by this name, they retained the moderated dualism of the Lombard Cathari.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
