Cathar
noun
Cath·ar ˈka-ˌthär 
plural Cathari ˈka-thə-ˌrī
-ˌrē
or Cathars : a member of one of various ascetic and dualistic Christian sects especially of the later Middle Ages teaching that matter is evil and professing faith in an angelic Christ who did not really undergo human birth or death
Catharism
ˈka-thə-ˌri-zəm
noun Catharist
ˈka-thə-rist
adjective or Catharistic
ˌka-thə-ˈri-stik
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin cathari (plural), from Late Greek katharoi, from Greek, plural of katharos pure
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined above
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