Albigenses

[ al-bi-jen-seez ]

plural noun

1. 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 AlbigensianCrusade and the Inquisition.

Albigenses

/ ˌælbɪˈdʒɛnsiːz /

plural noun

1. members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century

Derived Forms

• ˌAlbiˈgensianism, noun
• ˌAlbiˈgensian, adjective

Other Words From

• Al·bi·gen·si·an [al-bi-, jen, -see-, uh, n, -sh, uh, n], adjective noun
• Albi·gensi·an·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Albigenses¹

< Medieval Latin Albīgēnsēs, plural of Albīgēnsis, equivalent to Albīg ( a ) Albi + -ēnsis -ensis

Word History and Origins

Origin of Albigenses¹

from Medieval Latin: inhabitants of Albi, from Albiga Albi

Example Sentences

The Albigenses, or Cathars, believed the material world is the evil that wars with good.

From Washington Times

Efforts to relieve the agriculturists, 267 Albigenses, their slow suicides, ii.

From Project Gutenberg

The council could do no otherwise; the traditions of procedure established in the subjugation of the Albigenses and the succeeding heresies furnished the only precedent and machinery through which it could act.

From Project Gutenberg

In all essentials the doctrine of the Paulicians was identical with that of the Albigenses.

From Project Gutenberg

At any rate at Albi, which, like Cahors, stands among hills, there are no traces of the Albigenses left; not even such a story as rings about the name of Beziers with fire.

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