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Albigenses

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Al·bi·gen·ses  (lb-jnsz)
pl.n.
The members of a Catharist religious sect of southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition.
[Medieval Latin Albignss, pl. of Albignsis, inhabitant of Albiga, Albi, a town of southern France where the sect was dominant.]
Albi·gensian (-shn, -s-n) adj. & n.
Albi·gensian·ism n.
Albigenses [ˌælbɪˈdʒɛnsiːz]
pl n
(Non-Christian Religions / Other Non-Christian Religions) members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century
[from Medieval Latin: inhabitants of Albi, from Albiga Albi]
Albigensian  adj
Albigensianism  n
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Noun1.Albigenses - a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
Cathari, Cathars
religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group
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Albigenses [ˌælbɪˈdʒensiːz] NPL → albigenses mpl


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He sees the spirit of Protestant doctrine passing from Waldenses to Albigenses, from Wycliffe to Hieronymus von Prag and Jan Hus, from Luther in Germany to Zwingli in Zurich, from Oecolampadius in Basel to Capito in Strasburg, ending at Calvin's reformed Church in Geneva.
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