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from The Century Dictionary.
- An appellation of different early and medieval religious sects; the Catharists. See
Catharist .
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- noun a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
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Waldenses, of whom a popish historiographer speaketh thus: (252) _Alius in libris cathari dicuntur, quibus respondent qui hodie in Anglia puriorum doctrinam __ præ se ferunt_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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