DONATISTS
\də͡ʊnˈatɪsts], \dəʊnˈatɪsts], \d_əʊ_n_ˈa_t_ɪ_s_t_s]\
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don'a-tists, n.pl. the members of an African sect in the Christian Church of the 4th and 5th centuries, who protested against any diminution of the extreme reverence paid to martyrs, who treated the lapsed severely, and rebaptised converts from the Catholic Church.--n. DON'ATISM.--adjs. DONATIS'TIC, -AL. [From Donatus, one of their leaders.]
By Thomas Davidson
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