English Explanatory Dictionary

Waldense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Waldense Waldenses

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Vaudois Waldensian
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