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		Definition of Waldenses in English: Waldensesplural noun wɒlˈdɛnsiːz A puritan religious sect based originally in southern France, now chiefly in Italy and America, founded c.1170 by Peter Valdes (d.1205), a merchant of Lyons.  Example sentencesExamples -  In Germany it targeted a sect called the Waldenses, and pantheists.
 -  The proclamational approach of the book of Acts had gradually transferred from Rome to the sectarian movements of the early and mid-Middle Ages: e.g. Paulicians, Albigenses, and Waldenses.
 -  The poorly equipped Waldenses (also called Vaudois) offered heroic resistance.
 
 
 Rhymes   Albigenses, amanuenses, menses    Definition of Waldenses in US English: Waldensesplural noun A Christian sect that was founded in southern France c.1170 by Peter Valdes (d.1205), a merchant of Lyons, and adopted Calvinist doctrines during the Reformation, now existing chiefly in Italy and America.  Example sentencesExamples -  In Germany it targeted a sect called the Waldenses, and pantheists.
 -  The proclamational approach of the book of Acts had gradually transferred from Rome to the sectarian movements of the early and mid-Middle Ages: e.g. Paulicians, Albigenses, and Waldenses.
 -  The poorly equipped Waldenses (also called Vaudois) offered heroic resistance.
 
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