albigenses
- n a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
albigensianism
- n a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition