donatist

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donatist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Donatist \Don"a*tist\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]

donatist - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Donatist
      adj 1: of or relating to Donatism
      n 1: an adherent of Donatism