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Waldense vs Albigenses - What's the difference?

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waldense

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A member of a sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont.

    • Synonyms

    * Vaudois * Waldensian (Webster 1913)

    albigenses

    English

    (wikipedia Albigenses)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The inhabitants of Albi, a city in southern France.
  • (historical) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th century; a branch of the Catharists, distinct from the Waldenses.