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Albigensian

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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.
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Adj.1.Albigensian - of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism
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Albigensian [ˌælbɪˈdʒensɪən] ADJ → albigense


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