~ CATHAR     or see> CATARRH
~ CATHARI    from gr KATHAROS = PURE
~ CATHARIST  ONE WHO PRETENDS TO MORE PURITY THAN OTHERS
~ CATHARIZE  gr KATHARIZEIN = TO CLEANSE    see> CATARRH
~ CATHARS    or ALBIGENES   implies the city of ALBI
             they also inhabited CARACASSONNE  TOULOUSE  etc
     hx> A MOST TRAGIC HISTORY OF ERADICATION OF A
         RELIGIOUS SECT FROM FRANCE      sug> HOLOCAUST
     THE CATHARS WERE MASSACRED          sug> SACRED
     DURING THE 13th CENTURY             sug> CARNAGE
     THEIR PRIESTS WERE KNOWN AS PARFAITS
     THEY DID NOT MARRY AT THE TIME WHEN
     THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS QUITE LAX
     CONCERNING SEXUAL PROMISCUITY
     CATHARS WERE FUNDAMENTALISTS SEEKING PURITY AND
     PROMOTING CHASTITY BUT THEY REJECTED BAPTISM
     CONFESSION AND OTHER SACRAMENTS
     THE MONKS BERNARD and DOMINIC WERE SENT TO PREACH
     AGAINST THESE HERETICS     BOTH WERE NAMED SAINTS
     POPE INNOCENT III CALLED FOR A CRUSADE NOW KNOWN
     AS THE ALBIGENSIAN WAR or rather an EXTERMINATION
     THE CRUSADE WAS WELCOMED BY THE KINGS OF FRANCE
     WHO COVETED TO ACQUIRE THIS WEALTHY REGION
     WHEN ASKED AS TO HOW TO SPARE THE INNOCENTS
     legends indicate that the PONTIFICAL DELEGATE SAID
     "KILL THEM ALL  GOD WILL RECOGNIZE HIS OWN"
     THE REGION BECAME PART OF FRANCE
     THE DOMINICAN ORDER TOOK CHARGE OF THE INQUISITION
     A DOMINICAN CHURCH IN TOULOUSE AND
     A CATHEDRAL IN ALBI ALONG MANY RUINS OF CASTLES
     IN PERPIGNAN ARE LEFT AS REMINDERS OF THIS
     INFAMOUS CRUSADE  <see> MONK  MONASTERY
             also consider CARTHUSIAN  HUGUENOT     <sug
~ CATHARSIS  DENOTES PURIFICATION  PURGATION  RESOLUTION
             id+ SHOULD IMPLY A PURIFICATION BY LOSS OF FEAR OR
                 BY THE GENESIS OF PITY
     see> CATHEXIS
     HOWEVER AMONG THOSE WHO PRAY FEW DO SO FROM PITY
     AND MOST DO SO FOR THEIR FEAR OF HELL AND DEATH or
     HOPES TO BE DELIVERED FROM THEIR DESERVED PUNISHMENT
     ONLY GREAT BELIEVERS ACHIEVE CATHARSIS FROM FEAR
     SAINTS ACHIEVE CATHARSIS BY AN EMPATHY FOR OTHERS
     note THE CHURCH CONSIDERS CATHARSIS IMPOSSIBLE
              FOR BELIEVERS HOLDING ANY OTHER BELIEFS
~ CATHARTES   CLEANER
~ CATHARTIC   id+ COMPASSION PURIFIES
              med> A MEDICATION THAT STIMULATES EVACUATION OF
                   THE BOWELS or PURGATIVE or LAXATIVE
~ CATHEDRA    in lat CATHEDRA   = A SEAT  CHAIR  DESK  PULPIT
                                 also CHAIR WITH A ROUND BACK or
      EASY CHAIR RESERVED FOR WOMEN or
      DIGNATARIES  SENATORS  BISHOPS
      or PRINCES etc  sug> PRINCIPLE
      lat  CATHEGRA   = HIP  BUTTOCK    sug> PRINCIPAL
      med>              HIP IS THE BODY PART BETWEEN
                        THE WAIST AND BUTTOCKS
      sp   CATEDRA      ENDOWED UNIVERSITY "CHAIR"
           CATEDRATICO  UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
           CADERA       HIP  LOIN
      gr   KATHEDRA     from
           KATA         for DOWN and
           HEDRA        or
           HEZESTHAI    or
           HOLOS        WHOLE  UNIVERSAL   GENERAL as in
                               UNIVERSITY  CATHOLIC     <see
      med> CATARRH      CLEAR NOSE OR OTHER DISCHARGE
      note A CATHEDRA IS AN OFFICIAL CHAIR or    sug> BISHOP
           THRONE     or PROFESSIONAL POST or    sug> PROFESS
              ENTITLEMENT TO TEACH or  PREACH    sug> IMPART
~ CATHEDRAL   CHURCH OF A BISHOP                 sug> IMPOSE
              THE SITE OF THE SEAT OF A BISHOP   sug> PREDICATE
              see> AUGUR  AUGURY  TEMPLE         sug> TEMPLUM
              see> CHURCH
~ CATHERETIC  TO DESTROY from gr                 sug> HOLOCAUST
              KATHAIREIN or KATHAIRETIKOS = CAUSTIC
              ply> | CATHEDRALS aspire to be
                     CATHERETIC to purify by CATHARSIS |
~ CATHETAL  in gr KATHETOS  = PERPENDICULAR LINE
~ CATHETER  in gr KATHETER    A PLUG from
                  KATHEINAI   TO LET DOWN from
                  KATA        DOWN and          see> CATA~
                     HIENAI   TO SEND           sug> CATACOMB
  med> A TUBULAR INSTRUMENT FOR THE INSERTION INTO BLADDER or
       TO PASS THROUGH OTHER CANALS

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