Albigenses

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The inhabitants of Albi, a city in southern France.
  2. A sect of reformers opposed to the Roman Catholic Church in the 12th century AD, considered heretics who were subject to the Albigensian Crusade; a branch of the Catharists, distinct from the Waldenses.

Word forms

Albigenses

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from French Albi.

Derived words

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