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albigensian

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Al⋅bi⋅gen⋅ses

  [al-bi-jen-seez]
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–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

Related forms:
Al⋅bi⋅gen⋅si⋅an  [al-bi-jen-see-uhn, -shuhn] , adjective, noun
Al⋅bi⋅gen⋅si⋅an⋅ism, noun
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Al·bi·gen·ses   (āl'bə-jěn'sēz')   
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 Albigēnsēs, pl. of Albigēnsis, inhabitant of Albiga, Albi, a town of southern France where the sect was dominant.]
Al'bi·gen'sian (-shən, -sē-ən) adj. & n., Al'bi·gen'sian·ism n.
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Albigensian 
1604, "relating to the Albigenses," Catharist religious reformers of southern France c.1020-1250, M.L., from Fr. Albi, name of a town in Languedoc where they lived and were first condemned as heretics (1176).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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