Waldenses Definition
wŏl-dĕnsēz, wôl-
noun
A sect of dissenters from the Roman Catholic Church which arose about 1170 in S France: excommunicated in 1184, they survive esp. in NW Italy.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Waldenses
Medieval Latin Waldēnsēs after Peter Waldo
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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