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Catharism|ˈkæθərɪz(ə)m|
[ad. N.-T. Gr. καθαρισµός purification, f. καθαρίζειν to make clean.]
1. The doctrine of the Catharists.
1574Whitgift Def. Answ. i. Wks. 1851 I. 174 That very perfection..which you challenge unto yourselves..well deserveth the name of Catharism. 1575T. Cartwright 2nd Replie, in Whitgift's Wks. 1852 II. 61 Uncharitable suspicions of papism, anabaptism, Catharism, Donatism, etc. 1832S. R. Maitland Facts & Documents 362 It was reported that he had imbibed your Catharism. 1838G. S. Faber An Inquiry 153 The mode wherein the Canons of Orleans were converted to Catharism.
2. Chem. The process of making a surface chemically clean.
1869Sci. Opin. 17 Mar. 380/2 Mr. Tomlinson explained the sense in which he applied the new term Catharism..distinguishing between ‘clean’ in its ordinary and its chemical sense. |