Waldense

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Waldense

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From Medieval Latin Waldensis (c. 1170), so called from Petrus Waldus, or Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyon, who founded this sect around AD 1170. For the surname, see Waldo.

noun Waldenses

historical A member of a sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont.
Similar: Vaudois, Waldensian

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noun member of a sect of dissenters

Deutsch	Waldenser
Italiano	valdese

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@misc{waldense_2026,
  title = {Waldense},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waldense},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}