vaudois

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsWaldenses

   Broadersect

Other forms of vaudois

plural

vaudoises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vaudois

What does vaudois mean?

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

How many syllables are in vaudois?

vaudois has 2 syllables: vau-dois. The stress falls on "vau".

What is another word for vaudois?

Close synonyms include Waldenses. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vaudois a common word?

vaudois is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.