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
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. 2012