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Vaudois

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Vau·dois  (v-dwä)
pl.n.
See Waldenses.
[French, from Old French vaudeis, from Medieval Latin Waldnss; see Waldenses.]
Vaudois [ˈvəʊdwɑː]
pl n sing -dois
1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) another name for the Waldenses
2. (Social Science / Peoples) the inhabitants of Vaud
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Noun1.Vaudois - a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century
Waldenses
religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group


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Casaubon was the most interesting man she had ever seen, not excepting even Monsieur Liret, the Vaudois clergyman who had given conferences on the history of the Waldenses.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
What a difference from six years ago, when the cherry-trees, adorned in their green spring dress and laden with their bridal flowers, smiled at my departure along the Vaudois fields, and the lilacs of Burgundy threw great gusts of perfume into my face
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
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