See Also: Donatist(dictionary)

Donatist (iou)



Donatist noun & adjective. ME.
[Late Latin Donatista, from Donatus 2nd Bishop of Carthage after Caecilian: see -IST.]
Ecclesiastical History.
A. noun. A member of a schismatic body of N. African Christians which originated when they declared invalid the consecration of Caecilian as Bishop of Carthage in 311. ME.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Donatism or the Donatists. E18.
? Rare before L19.
Dona'tistic adjective E19.