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ˈCatharist
[ad. med.L. Catharist-æ (= Gr. καθαρισταί, f. καθαρίζειν to purify). Cf. F. Cathariste.]
A Paulician or Manichæan; also applied to similar sects; cf. Catharan.
1600O. E. Repl. Libel ii. iii. 52 The Catharistes do boast much of their merits. 1616Donne Serm. Wks. 1839 VI. 103 The Catharists thought no creature of God pure, and therefore they brought in strange ceremonial purifications of those creatures. 1630Prynne Lame Giles 12 The Novatian Catherist. 1645Milton Tetrach. (1851) 148 Like the vermin of an Indian Catharist, which his fond religion forbids him to molest. 1832S. R. Maitland Facts & Documents 431 Any Catharist..of whatever sect.
Hence Catharistic a.
1838G. S. Faber An Inquiry 103 From the Paulicians of the East to their Catharistic Successors in the West. |