Waldenses

(wäl densēz)

plural noun

a sect of dissenters from the Roman Catholic Church which arose about 1170 in S France: excommunicated in 1184, they survive esp. in northwestern Italy

Origin: ME waldensis < ML waldenses, after Peter Waldo, 12th-c. Fr merchant and founder of the sect

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See Waldenses in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun
A Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century and adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century. Also called Vaudois.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin Waldēnsēs

Origin: , after Peter Waldo

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  • Wal·denˈsian (-shən) adjective & n.
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