barbed
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Our barbes even possessed houses at Florence, Genoa, and Venice, in which last city were 6000 Vaudois.*
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
The head was decorated, or rather disfigured, by a thick upright plume of tall white ostrich feathers, to which were attached behind two long ends of blonde lace, called barbes, which hung down the back.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
They were then enjoined to send away their barbes and receive Roman Catholic priests to celebrate the mass.
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
Our barbes visited each of those countries in turn, preaching and animating the courage of their brethren; and the money necessary for their journeys and support while absent, was furnished them from the valleys.
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
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