donatist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an adherent of Donatism
  2. adjective of or relating to Donatism

WordNet

Don"a*tist noun
Etymology
LL. Donatista: cf. F. Donatiste.
Definitions
  1. (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 1913