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Cathar
[ kath-ahr ]
noun
, plural Cath·a·ri [kath, -, uh, -rahy], Cath·ars.
- (in medieval Europe) a member of any of several rigorously ascetic Christian sects maintaining a dualistic theology.
Cathar
/ ˈkæθərɪst; ˈkæθə /
noun
- a member of a Christian sect in Provence in the 12th and 13th centuries who believed the material world was evil and only the spiritual was good
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Derived Forms
- ˈCatharˌism, noun
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Other Words From
- Catha·rism noun
- Catha·ristic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Cathar1
First recorded in 1630–40; from Late Latin Catharī (plural), from Late Greek hoi Katharoí “Novatians,” literally, “the pure”; applied in Medieval Latin to various sects
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Cathar1
from Medieval Latin Cathari, from Greek katharoi the pure
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Example Sentences
Richard Cathar, late of Oxford University, is something of a loser, at least in matters of love.
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Here seems to belong in the order of development the Cathar Eucharist (see Cathars).
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Cathar′sis, evacuation of the bowels; Cathart′ic, a purgative medicine; Cathar′tin, the purgative principle of senna.
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