[voh-dwah] 
| 1. | a native or inhabitant of Vaud. |
| 2. | the dialect of French spoken in Vaud. |
[wawl-den-seez, wol-] 
) | a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century. |
| Vau·dois (vō-dwä') pl.n. See Waldenses. [French, from Old French vaudeis, from Medieval Latin Waldēnsēs; see Waldenses.] |
| Wal·den·ses (wŏl-děn'sēz, wôl-) pl.n. A Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century and adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century. Also called Vaudois. [Medieval Latin Waldēnsēs, after Peter Waldo.] Wal·den'sian (-shən) adj. & n. |