Noun
Cathar (plural Cathari or Cathars)
A member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other medieval Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices purportedly adhering to Mary Magdalene's teachings, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics.
The Albigenses, famous Cathars in and around Albi (southern France), were eradicated in a bloody ‘crusade’.
Actually, most of the promoted Cathar castles were not built by Cathars but by local lords and later many of them were rebuilt and extended for strategic purposes. Source: Internet
Any use of the term "Cathar" to refer to people after the suppression of Catharism in the 14th century is a cultural or ancestral reference, and has no religious implication. Source: Internet
Conclusions about Cathar ideology continue to be fiercely debated with commentators regularly accusing their opponents of speculation, distortion and bias. Source: Internet
As the Languedoc was supposedly teeming with Cathars and Cathar sympathisers, this made the region a target for northern French noblemen looking to acquire new fiefs. Source: Internet
Denis de Rougemont (1956), Love in the Western World: Describing the ideal of chast love influenced by the Cathar doctrines Arne Hoffmann: In Leder gebunden. Source: Internet
At first Innocent tried peaceful conversion, and sent a number of legates into the Cathar regions. Source: Internet