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catharistic

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Cath⋅ar

  [kath-ahr]
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–noun, plural -a⋅ri  [-uh-rahy] , -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; < LL Catharī (pl.) < LGk hoi Katharoí Novatians, lit., the pure; applied in ML to various sects

Related forms:
Cath⋅a⋅rism, noun
Cath⋅a⋅ris⋅tic, adjective
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