| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "ALBIGENSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1612. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ALBIGENSES
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Albigenses (4 syl.) A common name for heretics prior to the Reformation; so called from the Albigeois, inhabitants of the district which now is the department of the Tarn, the capital of which was Albi. It was here the persecution of the Reformers began, under the direction of Pope Innocent III, in 1209. The Waldenses rose after them, but are not unfrequently confounded with them. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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