Found 2 items, similar to Albigenses.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Albigenses Albigenses n : a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism [syn: Cathars, Cathari]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Albigenses Albigenses \Al`bi*gen"ses\, ||Albigeois \Al`bi`geois"\, n. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]