Waldense

Etymology
(c. 1170), so called from Petrus Waldus, or, a merchant of Lyon, who founded this sect around AD 1170. For the surname, see.

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.

Translations

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 * Sicilian: vaudisi