Catharism

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A medieval Christian movement in southern France that taught two opposing gods and was declared wrong by the Church

noun
/ˈkæθərɪzəm/

: catarismo

This was known as the Medieval Inquisition, and it was phased out as Catharism disappeared.

Examples

This relatively quick-moving and insignificant case seems unrelated to the best-known activity of Fournier's tribunal, namely, the extinction of the last vestiges of Occitan Catharism.

Academic text (2006)
Thus, Catharism was both a moral and a political danger.
This relatively quick-moving and insignificant case seems unrelated to the best-known activity of Fournier's tribunal, namely, the extinction of the last vestiges of Occitan Catharism.

Synonyms

Albigensianism

vsCatharism

Literature

9.9

A medieval religious movement in southern France that taught two opposing forces and was declared wrong by the Catholic Church

is the same movement known by another historical name

Surface Forms

Catharism singular

Catharisms plural

Morphology

Catharism = Cathar (transparent) = Cathar + ism

Formed from the group name 'Cathar' plus the productive suffix '-ism' meaning doctrine or movement, so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Catharism comes from the Greek word katharos, which means 'pure', and the followers called themselves Cathars, or 'the pure ones'. So Catharism is the name for that medieval Christian movement whose members tried to live by strict spiritual purity.