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Definition of Cathars
1. Noun. A Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism.
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect
Derivative terms: Albigensian
Definition of Cathars
1. Noun. (plural of Cathar) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cathars
Literary usage of Cathars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Landscapes of Western Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon: A Countryside Guide by John Underwood, Pat Underwood (2004)
"This tour winds up into the Corbières, last great stronghold of the cathars.
Bounded on the north by the Aude, this upland region rises between the Montagne ..."
2. Landscapes of the Pyrenees by Paul Jenner, Christine Smith (2002)
"... visits one of the most remote regions in France, the last medieval strongl)old
of the Christian religious scet known as the cathars — 'thepure ones'. ..."
3. Heave-Up: Phase One by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"who worshipped the Devil in the form of a goat and slaughtered children whom they
kidnapped for sacrificial purposes. The cathars derived inspiration from a ..."
4. God, the Invisible King by Herbert George Wells (1917)
"These beliefs survived for a thousand years throughout Christendom; they were
held by a great multitude of persecuted sects, from the Albigenses and cathars ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The same scruples endured among the medieval cathars. .... (See cathars.)
More than one sect of the and century rejected water baptism on the ground that ..."
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