cathars

What does cathars mean?

cathars means "a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism".

How many syllables are in cathars?

cathars has 2 syllables and divides as ca-thars under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cathars?

Close synonyms include Albigenses, Cathari. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cathars a common word?

cathars is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cathars come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.