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*'''Cathar''': Adherent of catharism, a heresy that thrived in southern France and northern Italy from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they believed in only one sacrament, the Consolation, a brief spiritual ceremony to remove all sin from the believer and to induct him or her into the next higher level as a perfect. | *'''Cathar''': Adherent of catharism, a heresy that thrived in southern France and northern Italy from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they believed in only one sacrament, the Consolation, a brief spiritual ceremony to remove all sin from the believer and to induct him or her into the next higher level as a perfect. | ||
| + | *'''cathareen''': small or young Cathar (''-een'': Irish diminutive suffix) | ||
Latest revision as of 08:04, 31 August 2016
- Katharine: i.e., Kate
- around Katharine
- Catherine Wheel:
- torture device to which victims were tied, then bludgeoned, with their limbs breaking in the spaces between spokes
- firework that creates a "wheel" of colored sparks
- cartwheel
- Cathar: Adherent of catharism, a heresy that thrived in southern France and northern Italy from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they believed in only one sacrament, the Consolation, a brief spiritual ceremony to remove all sin from the believer and to induct him or her into the next higher level as a perfect.
- cathareen: small or young Cathar (-een: Irish diminutive suffix)
