Albigenses

Albigenses
Albigenses Al`bi*gen"ses, ||Albigeois Al`bi`geois", n. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. [1913 Webster]

Note: The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses. [1913 Webster]


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  • Albigenses — • A neo Manichæan sect that flourished in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Albigenses     Albigenses      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • ALBIGENSES — ALBIGENSES, generic name, deriving from the city of Albi, loosely applied to a number of Christian heretical sects which developed in Provence and south France in the 12th century, the term being used especially in connection with Cathari.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • ALBIGENSES — ab Albiga seu Albigio, de quo supra, dicti, alias Catari, Publicani, Patarini, Gazari, ob varias rationes: Pasagieri, ab exilio; aliisque nominibus a doctoribus suis appellati, contra immensam Pontificum in rebus fidei auctoritatem, quam sibi… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Albigenses — s. m. pl. Seita religiosa que, desde o século XI, se propagou no Sul da França, nos arredores de Albi, e contra a qual o papa Inocêncio III ordenou uma cruzada (1209) …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Albigenses — [al΄bə jen′sēz΄] pl.n. [ML, after Albi, town in S France] a religious sect that flourished in the south of France c.A.D. 1020 1250 and was finally suppressed for heresy Albigensian [al΄bə jen′sē ən] adj., n …   English World dictionary

  • Albigenses — Albigensian /al bi jen see euhn, sheuhn/, adj., n. Albigensianism, n. /al bi jen seez/, n.pl. 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 (Albigensian… …   Universalium

  • Albigenses — Al•bi•gen•ses [[t]ˌæl bɪˈdʒɛn siz[/t]] n. pl. rel members of an ascetic Christian sect that arose in Albi in the 11th century and was destroyed in the 13th century • Etymology: < ML Albīgēnsēs, pl. of Albīgēnsis=Albīg(a) Albi+ L ēnsis ensis Al …   From formal English to slang

  • Albigenses — noun plural Etymology: Medieval Latin, plural of Albigensis, literally, inhabitant of Albi, from Albiga (Albi), France Date: 1580 members of a Catharistic sect of southern France flourishing primarily in the 12th and 13th centuries • Albigensian… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Albigenses — noun The inhabitants of Albi, a city in southern France …   Wiktionary

  • Albigenses —  , Albigensians  Religious sect during eleventh to thirteenth centuries, also known as Cathars …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

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