Cathar Definition

kăthär
cathari, cathars
noun
A member of a Christian sect flourishing in western Europe in the 1100s and 1200s, whose dualistic belief, embracing asceticism and identifying the world as the creation of a satanic Demiurge, was condemned by the Church as heretical.
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Other Word Forms of Cathar

Noun

Singular:
Cathar
Plural:
cathari, cathars

Origin of Cathar

  • French Cathare from sing. of Medieval Latin Catharī from Late Greek Katharoi from pl. of Greek katharos pure

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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