1 definition found 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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