Al·bi·gen·ses /ˌælbəˈʤɛnˌsiz/
阿爾比教
Al·bi·gen·ses Al·bi·geois n. pl. Eccl. Hist. 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.
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Albigenses
n : a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th
and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism [syn: Cathars,
Cathari]