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Definition of Albigeois

Albigeois
Albigenses Al`bi*gen"ses, Albigeois Al`bi`geois", n. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. Note: The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses.

Meaning of Albigeois from wikipedia

- northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called Albigensians (French: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), Occitan: albigés -esa(s)). It is the seat of the Archbishop...
- northwest and northeast of Ariège. Languedoc includes the sub-province of Albigeois (Tarn department), which is sometimes considered as a province separate...
- department of Tarn. One of the few industrial towns in the region of Albigeois, the po****tion of the commune proper grew to 19,483 in 1901, and 34,126...
- Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the third-level Nationale. During the past years it went back and forth between...
- crowned Miss France 2009, competing as Miss Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées Miss France: Chloé Mortaud (2008; Miss Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées) 1st Runner-Up: Marie Borg...
- in Geneva. This 596-page work, also known as Histoire des Chrestiens Albigeois, is based on numerous sources gathered mainly between 1602 and 1603 by...
- Narbonnais, Carc****onnais, Toulousain (including Fuxéen and Capcinois), Albigeois, Montalbanais, Agenais (the latter tending towards Guyennais and Gascon)...
- Narbonne. Originally, the Goths may have maintained their hold on the Albigeois, but if so it was conquered by the time of Chilperic I. There is archaeological...
- scarce, some Frankish po****tion and nobles settled down in regions like Albigeois, Carc****onne (on the fringes of Septimania), Toulouse, and Provence and...
- The Albigensian Crusade (French: Croisade des albigeois), also known as the Cathar Crusade (1209–1229), was a military and ideological campaign initiated...