cathare
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Cathari, from Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cathare (plural cathares)
- (religion) Catharist
- Synonyms: bigeois, bogomile, manichéen
- 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre, Les mots, Collection Folio, page 151:
- Je devins cathare, je confondis la littérature avec la prière, j’en fis un sacrifice humain.
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Derived terms
- catharisme
- cathariste
- château cathare
Noun
cathare m or f by sense (plural cathares)
- (religion) Cathar
- Synonyms: Albigeois, patarin
- 1931, Ludovic Naudeau, La France se regarde : Le Problème de la natalité, Librairie Hachette, Paris:
- D’ici furent dirigés ces inquisiteurs qui allèrent brûler Vaudois, cathares, fraticelles, béguins, sorciers, envoûteurs, magiciens, flagellants, ou juifs convertis, mais soupçonnés de sortilèges.
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Further reading
- “cathare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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