/ Dictionary / Index D Donatist: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Don•a•tist Pronunciation: (don'u-tist, dō'nu-), [key] — n. a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: donatist (Thesaurus) donation land donative Related Content Daily Word Quiz: impetuous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language