Waldensian
adjective, noun
Waldensian is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the Waldenses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-A-L-D-E-N-S-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 36 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Waldensian mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.
noun
- 1
One who holds the doctrines of the Waldenses (a pre-Protestant church founded by Peter Waldo).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Waldensian
- more Waldensian comparative
- most Waldensian superlative
- Valdensian
- Waldensians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Waldensian?
Waldensian appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Waldensian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vaudois , vaudoise |
| German | waldensisch, Waldenser- (e.g., Waldenserkirche) , Waldenser, Waldenserin |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Waldensian come from?
From Waldens(es) + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).