Albigenses

(al′bə jen′sēz′)

plural noun

a religious sect that flourished in the south of France c. 1020-1250 and was finally suppressed for heresy

Origin: ML, after Albi, town in S France

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See Albigenses in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun

The members of a Catharist religious sect of southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin Albigēnsēs

Origin: , pl. of Albigēnsis

Origin: , inhabitant of Albiga, Albi, a town of southern France where the sect was dominant

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