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noun
A fast or series of privations undertaken by the Cathars to purify the soul, often resulting in death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ecclesiastical, history, human-sciences, lifestyle, religion, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From New Latin endūra, from Old Occitan endurar (“to fast, endure”).
