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‖ Vaudois, n. and a.|vodwɑ|
Also 6 Valdois.
[F., repr. med.L. Valdensis: see Waldenses.]
A. n. pl. Waldensians.
B. adj. Waldensian.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 219 Ther be in the French prouince a people called Valdois. They of an aunciente custome, doe not acknowledg the bishop of Rome. 1692P. Boyer (title), The History of the Vaudois. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v., The Vaudois had their name from this Valdo, whose Retainers they were. They were also call'd Lyonists. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIV. 737/1 In the valleys of Lucerne, Peyrouse, and St. Martin..live the celebrated Waldenses or Vaudois. 1830Whittier (title), The Vaudois teacher. Ibid. 27 She hath gone to the Vaudois vales. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. III. 234 The church of Rome and its Italian princes had deeply disgraced themselves by their conduct to the unhappy Vaudois. 1896R. Palmer Fam. & Pers. Mem. I. xvii. 256 He reported of the Vaudois pastors, that they were desirous of cultivating the Anglican connection. |