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CATHARS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cathars mean?
• CATHARS (noun)
The noun CATHARS has 1 sense:
1. a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
Familiarity information: CATHARS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Albigenses; Cathari; Cathars
Hypernyms ("Cathars" is a kind of...):
religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)
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