albigenses Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
    Cathari; Cathars.

WordNet

Al`bi*gen"ses, Al`bi`geois" noun plural (Also<
  • Albigenses
  • Albigeois
)
Etymology
From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses.

Webster 1913