VAUDOIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vaudois mean? 

• VAUDOIS (noun)
  The noun VAUDOIS has 1 sense:

1. a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century

  Familiarity information: VAUDOIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAUDOIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Vaudois; Waldenses

Hypernyms ("Vaudois" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)