catharist

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catharist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catharist \Cath"a*rist\, n. [LL. catharista, fr. Gr. ? clean,
     pure.]
     One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than
     others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See
     Albigenses.
     [1913 Webster]