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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Donatist'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/donatist.html. 1828.
 
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