CATHARIST
\kˈaθɑːɹˌɪst], \kˈaθɑːɹˌɪst], \k_ˈa_θ_ɑː_ɹ_ˌɪ_s_t]\
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One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; - applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses.
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One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; - applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses.
By Noah Webster.
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kath'ar-ist, n. one professing a higher standard of purity in life and doctrine, a puritan: esp. a member of a Manichean heretical sect of the Middle Ages, which spread over the whole of southern and western Europe--confounded with the kindred sect of Paulicians, reaching the greatest numbers in southern France, where, as the Albigenses, they were ruthlessly stamped out by the Inquisition.--n. CATH'ARISM. [Gr. katharistai, katharizein, to purify.]
By Thomas Davidson
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