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Cathar
Cath·ar C0162100 (kăth′är)n. pl. Cath·a·ri (-ə-rī′) or Cath·ars A member of a Christian sect flourishing in western Europe in the 1100s and 1200s, whose dualistic belief, embracing asceticism and identifying the world as the creation of a satanic Demiurge, was condemned by the Church as heretical.
[French Cathare, from sing. of Medieval Latin Catharī, from Late Greek Katharoi, from pl. of Greek katharos, pure.]
Cath′ar adj.Cath′a·rism n.Cath′a·rist adj. & n.Cathar (ˈkæθə) or Catharistn, pl -ars, -ari (-ərɪ) or -arists (Christian Churches, other) a member of a Christian sect in Provence in the 12th and 13th centuries who believed the material world was evil and only the spiritual was good[from Medieval Latin Cathari, from Greek katharoi the pure] ˈCatharˌism nTranslationsEncyclopediaSeeCatharsThesaurusSeeCatharism |