variant of VAUDOIS sb. and a.
1781. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2), VIII. 6179/1. The valleys between France and Italy are inhabited by the Vaudese, who are Protestants.
1882–3. Schaff’s Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 2274. In Nov., 1845, the Vaudese clergy left the Established Church. Ibid. The Vaudese revolution.
