ALBIGENSES


Meaning of ALBIGENSES in English

[ ˌalbɪ'gɛnsi:z , -'dʒɛn- ]

■ plural noun the members of a heretic sect in southern France in the 12th–13th centuries, believing in a form of Manichaean dualism.

Derivatives

Albigensian adjective &noun

Origin

from med. L., from Albiga , the L. name of Albi in southern France.

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