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Albigenses
Pronunciation : Al`bi*gen"ses
Part of Speech : Al`bi`geois"
Etymology : [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition : Defn: A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.
Note: The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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