ˈpad.ərə̇n, -əˌrēn noun
or pat·a·rene -əˌrēn
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Medieval Latin Patarinus, Patarenus, from Pataria, Patarea, poor section of Milan, Italy + Latin -inus -ine
1. : one of the Manichaean emigrants from Bulgaria who settled in the Pataria quarter of Milan
2. : a member of a reform party at Milan in the 11th century formed to combat clerical concubinage and simony ; also : one opposed to the marriage of priests
3. : a Waldensian or one of various Cathari (as the Bogomils or Albigenses)