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Waldenses
[ wawl-den-seez, wol- ]
plural noun
- the members of a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation in the 16th century.
Waldenses
/ wɒlˈdɛnsiːz; wɒlˈdɛnsɪən /
plural noun
- the members of a small sect founded as a reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church by Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyons in the late 12th century, which in the 16th century joined the Reformation movement Also calledVaudois
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Derived Forms
- Waldensian, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- Wal·den·si·an [wawl-, den, -see-, uh, n, -sh, uh, n, wol-], adjective noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Waldenses1
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Example Sentences
Two Confessions of the faith of the Waldenses are valuable monuments.
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I believe that proof will be found of the distinction between the Waldenses and Albigenses in t. iii.
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To Staten Islanders it must be a pleasant reminiscence, that among their earliest settlers were these pious Waldenses.
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A colony of Waldenses, settled near the town of Cosenza in the north-central part of Calabria, were made of sterner stuff.
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The new favorites used their influence to secure the Waldenses a hearing.
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