Cathar
noun
(in medieval Europe) a member of any of several rigorously ascetic Christian sects maintaining a dualistic theology.
Cathars
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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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Mr. Hoare burnished his legacy in a slew of memoirs, and late in life spent two decades in France, studying a medieval Christian sect known as the Cathars that he chronicled in a historical novel.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2020
In the wake of the Montpellier exhibition and the media attention, she organized a late October presentation in Carcassonne to rebut the idea that the Cathars were a latter-day invention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2018
But in recent weeks, a debate has erupted across this region in newspapers, tourism offices, and in research conferences following an academic exhibition that explored a more modern-day heresy: The Cathars never existed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2018
“The myth of the Cathars is even stronger because it allows people to identify with the vanquished of history.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2018
"He believed that the Cathars had murdered his father, Count Stephen de Gobignon, my grandfather," Simon went on.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
