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CATHARS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
Synonyms:
Albigenses; Cathari; Cathars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Cathars" is a kind of...):
religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)