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Definition von catharping im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- any of the short ropes under the tops at the lower end of the futtock shrouds of a square-rigged vessel used to secure other ropes in place
- One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards
- Cathar
- A member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics
The Albigenses, famous Cathars in and around Albi (southern France), were eradicated in a bloody ‘crusade’.