endura
/ɛnˈdjʊɹə/
endura noun: a fast or series of privations undertaken by the Cathars to purify the soul, often resulting in death.
Noun
endura (plural enduras)
- 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’.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 173
- Guillemette was consoled by the Good Men and went through the endura, the Cathars' purifying death-fast.2000, René Weis, The Yellow Cross, Penguin, published 2001, page 60
Forms of endura
| plural | enduras |
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Origin of endura
From New Latin endūra, from Old Occitan endurar (“to fast, endure”).
Questions about endura
- What does endura mean?
- Endura means a fast or series of privations undertaken by the Cathars to purify the soul, often resulting in death.
- What part of speech is endura?
- Endura is a noun.
- How do you pronounce endura?
- Endura is pronounced /ɛnˈdjʊɹə/.
- What is the plural of endura?
- The plural of endura is enduras.
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