Ch. Hist. Also Arnaldist. A follower of Arnold (or Arnaldus) of Brescia, a reformer of the 12th century.
1669. Penn, No Cross, etc. xx. § 18. They [the Waldenses] had many other names, as Arnoldists, Esperonists.
1846. W. Hague, Baptist Church Transplanted, 78–9. His principles long survived him, and Arnoldist, became another name for a friend of liberty and religion.
1882. Schaff, Herzog’s Encycl. Rel. Knowl., I. 150.
