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Cath·ar
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ɑr
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[
kath
-ahr
]
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noun,
plural
Cath·a·ri
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ˈkæθ
əˌraɪ
/
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kath
-
uh
-rahy
]
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,
Cath·ars.
(in medieval Europe) a member of any of several rigorously ascetic Christian sects maintaining a dualistic
theology
.
Also called
Cath·a·rist
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ər
ɪst
/
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kath
-er-ist
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.
Origin:
1630–40;
<
Late Latin
Catharī
(plural) <
Late Greek
hoi Katharoí
Novatians, literally, the pure; applied in ML to various sects
Related forms
Cath·a·rism,
noun
Cath·a·ris·tic,
adjective
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Cathar
or
Catharist
(ˈkæθə, ˈkæθərɪst)
—
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)
—
n
[from Medieval Latin
Cathari,
from Greek
katharoi
the pure]
'Catharism
or
Catharist
—
n
Cathar
or
Catharist
(ˈkæθə, ˈkæθərɪst)
—
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)
—
n
[from Medieval Latin
Cathari,
from Greek
katharoi
the pure]
'Catharism
or
Catharist
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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