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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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  1. 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.
  2. adj. of or relating to Donatism
  3. n. an adherent of Donatism
  4. 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.
  5. A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North Africanschismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4thcentury. They claimed to be the true church.
  6. n an adherent of Donatism a of or relating to Donatism