| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Albigenses |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Al·bi·gen·ses |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l b -j n s z |
| PLURAL NOUN: | The members of a Catharist religious sect of southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin Albignss, pl. of Albignsis, inhabitant of Albiga, Albi, a town of southern France where the sect was dominant. | | OTHER FORMS: | Albi·gensian (-shn, -s-n) —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
Albi·gensian·ism —NOUN
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