• (n. pl.) 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, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles.
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members of a Christian movement that originated in 12th-century France, the devotees of which sought to follow Christ in poverty and simplicity. In ... [5 related articles]
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Protestant religious sect, founded in about 1170 by Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyons. They were allied to the
Albigenses. They lived in voluntary poverty, refused to take oaths or take part in war,...
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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, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles. ... Origin: So called from Petrus Waldus, or Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, who founded this sect about a. D. 1...
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Wal·den'ses noun plural [ So called from Petrus
Waldus , or Peter
Waldo , a merchant of Lyons, who founded this sect about
a.d. 1170.]
(Eccl. Hist.) A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by perse...
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The Waldenses were a religious community founded by Peter Waldo in 1170 when he renounced his possessions and wandered as a preacher of voluntary poverty. The group established themselves in the valleys of the Cottian Alps and denounced the authority of the Church of Rome. As a result they were persecuted by the Duchess of Savoy in 1475 who ordered...
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Vaudois noun a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century
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Protestant religious sect, founded in about 1170 by Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyons. They were allied to the Albigenses. They lived in voluntary poverty, refused to take oaths or take part in war, and later rejected the doctrines of transubstantiation, purgatory, and the invocation of saints. Although subjected to persecution until the 17th centur...
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