Wal-dēn'ses, n. pl.

(Synop., § 130), n. pl. [So called from Petrus Waldus, or Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, who founded this sect.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of Christians professing substantially Protestant principles, who never submitted to the Roman Catholic church. They reside in the valleys of Piedmont. See VAUDOIS.