Albigenses

[ al-bi-jen-seez ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 AlbigensianCrusade and the Inquisition.

Albigenses

/ ˌælbɪˈdʒɛnsiːz /

members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century

< Medieval Latin Albīgēnsēs, plural of Albīgēnsis, equivalent to Albīg ( a ) Albi + -ēnsis -ensis

from Medieval Latin: inhabitants of Albi, from Albiga Albi

The art of printing came to the aid of the opposition begun by the Vaudois and the Albigenses.

It was amongst the nobles of Languedoc that the Albigenses found their principal support.

This is not the same Simon de Montfort as the leader of the crusades against the Albigenses, but his son.

In this state of mind he chanced to light upon a book written by one of the teachers of the Albigenses, or French Protestants.

So spake not the pontiffs of Rome when they waded in the blood of the Vaudois and Albigenses.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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