catharist

Cath·ar

[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.
Also called Cath·a·rist [kath-er-ist] .


Origin:
1630–40; < Late Latin Catharī (plural) < Late Greek hoi Katharoí Novatians, literally, the pure; applied in ML to various sects

Cath·a·rism, noun
Cath·a·ris·tic, adjective
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Cathar or Catharist (ˈkæθə, ˈkæθərɪst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ars, -ari, -arists
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
 
[from Medieval Latin Cathari, from Greek katharoi the pure]
 
Catharist or Catharist (ˈkæθə, ˈkæθərɪst, -ərɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
 
[from Medieval Latin Cathari, from Greek katharoi the pure]
 
'Catharism or Catharist
 
n

Cathar or Catharist (ˈkæθə, ˈkæθərɪst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ars, -ari, -arists
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
 
[from Medieval Latin Cathari, from Greek katharoi the pure]
 
Catharist or Catharist (ˈkæθə, ˈkæθərɪst, -ərɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
 
[from Medieval Latin Cathari, from Greek katharoi the pure]
 
'Catharism or Catharist
 
n

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Cathar
1574 (implied in Catharism), from M.L. Cathari "the Pure," name taken by Novatians and other Christian sects, from N.T. Gk. katharezein "to make clean," from Gk. katheros "pure."
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