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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
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Donatist
Donatist
See also: donatist
English
Noun
Donatist (plural Donatists)
- (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.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 211:
donatist
donatist
See also: Donatist
English
Noun
donatist (plural donatists)
- (Christianity) A follower of Donatus Magnus or one who supports the belief of donatism.