Albigenses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Albigenses
       n : a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th
           and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism [syn: {Cathars},
            {Cathari}]