CATHAR


Meaning of CATHAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-ˌthär ]

noun

( plural Cath·a·ri ˈka-thə-ˌrī, -ˌrē ; or Cathars )

Etymology: Late Latin cathari (plural), from Late Greek katharoi, from Greek, plural of katharos pure

Date: 1634

: a member of one of various ascetic and dualistic Christian sects especially of the later Middle Ages teaching that matter is evil and professing faith in an angelic Christ who did not really undergo human birth or death

• Cath·a·rism ˈka-thə-ˌri-zəm noun

• Cath·a·rist -rist or Cath·a·ris·tic ˌka-thə-ˈris-tik adjective

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