WALDENSES


Meaning of WALDENSES in English

n.pl. a puritan religious sect orig. in S. France, now chiefly in Italy and America, founded c.1170 and much persecuted.

Derivatives:

Waldensian adj. & n.

Etymology: med.L f. Peter Waldo of Lyons, founder

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.