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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Wal•den•ses (wôl den′sēz, wol-),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.) - a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century. Also called Vaudois.
- Medieval Latin, after Pierre Waldo; see -ensis
- plural of Middle English Waldensis
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Waldenses /wɒlˈdɛnsiːz/ pl n - 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 called: Vaudois
Waldensian /wɒlˈdɛnsɪən/ n , adj |