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Al⋅bi⋅gen⋅ses

[al-bi-jen-seez]
–plural noun
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 Crusade) and the Inquisition.

Origin:
< ML Albīgēnsēs, pl. of Albīgēnsis, equiv. to Albīg(a) Albi + -ēnsis -ensis


Al⋅bi⋅gen⋅si⋅an [al-bi-jen-see-uhn, -shuhn] , adjective, noun
Al⋅bi⋅gen⋅si⋅an⋅ism, noun
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