Albigenses

Al·bi·gen·ses

noun pl \ˌal-bə-ˈjen-ˌsēz\

Definition of ALBIGENSES

: members of a Catharistic sect of southern France flourishing primarily in the 12th and 13th centuries

— Al·bi·gen·sian \-ˈjen(t)-shən, -ˈjen(t)-sē-ən\ adjective or noun

— Al·bi·gen·sian·ism \-shə-ˌni-zəm, -sē-ə-ˌ\ noun

Origin of ALBIGENSES

Medieval Latin, plural of Albigensis, literally, inhabitant of Albi, from Albiga (Albi), France

First Known Use: 1580

Rhymes with ALBIGENSES

Abdülaziz, Aragonese, archdiocese, Averroës, Barcelonese, bona fides, bureaucratese, cheval-de-frise, computerese, Diogenes, Dodecanese, Dutch elm disease, Egas Moniz, Eumenides, Euripides, Florida Keys, governmentese, Great Pyrenees, Hesperides, Hippocrates, Hippomenes, Indo-Chinese, kissing disease, mad cow disease, Marie-Louise, officialese, Pentagonese, Philoctetes, Sammarinese, social disease, suicide squeeze, superficies, telegraphese, Themistocles, Thucydides, Vietnamese