English noun: Catharism | |||
1. | Catharism (cognition) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Albigensianism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Christian religion, Christianity, heresy, unorthodoxy | ||