Vaudois
1 Americannoun
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Vaud.
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the dialect of French spoken in Vaud.
plural noun
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another name for the Waldenses
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the inhabitants of Vaud
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Origin of Vaudois
Example Sentences
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Whenever Fenton started up the mountains in search of Bastineau, she found de Vaudois at her heels.
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The celebrated Peter Valdo, a rich inhabitant of Lyons, openly professed the Vaudois doctrine in 1175.
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
Surely, if the answer is in the negative, we must not deny the source of the superiority of the ancient Vaudois over other nations, and even over the Vaudois of the present day.
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
The four other envoys arrived on the 24th, and were graciously received; they presented a memorial, justifying the Vaudois, and bitterly complaining of the cruelties exercised towards them; even using the words "so cruelly oppressed."
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
Among the principal evidences in favour of the Vaudois, I must here refer to the large collection of edicts respecting them, published by the court of Turin.
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
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