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ALBIGENSIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Albigensian mean?
• ALBIGENSIAN (adjective)
The adjective ALBIGENSIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism
Familiarity information: ALBIGENSIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Albigenses (a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism)
Albigensianism (a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition)
Derivation:
Albigenses (a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism)
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