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Waldenses

noun
1.
A Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century.  Synonym: Vaudois.





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... Protestantism from the earth, did not spare their seclusion; mothers with infants were rolled down the rocks, and the bones of martyrs scattered on the Alpine mountains. The city of Amsterdam offered the fugitive Waldenses a free passage to America, and a welcome was prepared in New Netherland for the few who ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various


Words linked to "Waldenses" :   religious order, religious sect, sect, Vaudois


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