Albigenses

 
Pronunciation: /ˌalbɪˈgɛnsiːz, -ˈdʒɛn-/

plural noun

  • a heretical Catharist sect of southern France in the 12th-13th centuries, believing in a form of Manichaean dualism with an extremely strict moral and social code.

Derivatives

Albigensian

adjective & noun

Origin:

from medieval Latin, from Albiga, the Latin name of Albi in southern France