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Webster 1913 Edition


Donatist

Don′a-tist

,
Noun.
[LL.
Donatista
: cf. F.
Donatiste
.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.

Webster 1828 Edition


Donatist

DONATIST

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Noun.
One of the sect founded by Donatus. They held that theirs was the only pure church, and that baptism and ordination, unless by their church, were invalid.

Definition 2024


Donatist

Donatist

See also: donatist

English

Noun

Donatist (plural Donatists)

  1. (Christianity, historical) One of a group of Christians in fourth-century North Africa who broke away as a group after opposing the appointment of Caecilianus as Bishop of Carthage, and who disputed the validity of baptisms performed by others.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 211:
      Faced with petitions from the Donatists, in 311 Constantine made a decision of great significance for the future.

donatist

donatist

See also: Donatist

English

Noun

donatist (plural donatists)

  1. (Christianity) A follower of Donatus Magnus or one who supports the belief of donatism.

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