ALBIGENSIAN

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 I. (adjective) 

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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