cathare
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French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Cathari, from Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.taʁ/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: catarrhe, catarrhes, cathares, Qatar
- Hyphenation: ca‧thare
Adjective
cathare (plural cathares)
- (religion) Catharist
- 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre, Les mots, Collection Folio, page 151:
- Je devins cathare, je confondis la littérature avec la prière, j’en fis un sacrifice humain.
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Derived terms
Noun
cathare m or f by sense (plural cathares)
- (religion) Cathar
- 1931, Ludovic Naudeau, La France se regarde : Le Problème de la natalité, Librairie Hachette, Paris:
- D’ici furent dirigés ces inquisiteurs qui allèrent brûler Vaudois, cathares, fraticelles, béguins, sorciers, envoûteurs, magiciens, flagellants, ou juifs convertis, mais soupçonnés de sortilèges.
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Further reading
- “cathare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.