albigenses

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Albigenses
    n 1: a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th
         and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism [syn:
         {Albigenses}, {Cathars}, {Cathari}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   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.
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