Catharistn.
A Paulician or Manichæan; also applied to similar sects; cf. Catharan n.
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Manicheec1390
Manichaean1556
Catharist1600
Patarene1728
Zendiciana1833
Manichaeist1880
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Catharite1555
hot gospeller1562
puritan1565
precisian1571
Catharan1573
Puritant1580
disciplinarian1591
disciplinary1593
Catharist1600
saint1612
Perfectist1618
Cathar1637
prick ear1642
Jacobite1654
Catharinian1657
perfect1669
methodist1758
Perfectus1832
puritanizer1847
wowser1899
1600 M. Sutcliffe New Challenge iii. 52 in Briefe Replie to Libel The Catharistes do boast much of their merits.
1617 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 186 The Catharists thought no creatures of God pure, and therefore they brought in strange ceremonial purifications of those Creatures.
1630 W. Prynne Lame Giles 12 The Novatian Catherist.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 4 Like the vermin of an Indian Catharist, which his fond religion forbids him to molest.
1832 S. R. Maitland Facts & Documents 431 Any Catharist..of whatever sect.
Derivatives
Catharistic adj.
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precise1560
Puritant1580
puritan1588
disciplinarian1591
disciplinary1591
pure1598
puritanical1598
puritanian1601
puritanic1606
kneeless1631
prick-eared1641
precisianicala1652
Catharistic1838
perfectionistic1884
hot-gospelling1891
Patarene1902
wowserish1933
1838 G. S. Faber Inq. Hist. & Theol. Anc. Vallenses & Albigenses 103 From the Paulicians of the East to their Catharistic Successors in the West.
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