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CIDE DICTIONARY

albigeois

CIDE DICTIONARY

albigeoisn. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.].
     A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.  [1913 Webster]
    "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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