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endura

noun
/ɛnˈdjʊɹə/

Etymology

From New Latin endūra, from Old Occitan endurar (“to fast, endure”).

  1. derived from endurar
  2. borrowed from endūra

Definitions

  1. A fast or series of privations undertaken by the Cathars to purify the soul, often…

    A fast or series of privations undertaken by the Cathars to purify the soul, often resulting in death.

    • There was a particularly horrible travesty of extreme unction called the ‘endura’.
    • Guillemette was consoled by the Good Men and went through the endura, the Cathars' purifying death-fast.

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