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Donatism
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donatism
English
Etymology
Eponym, Donatus Magnus + -ism
Noun
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en Christianity An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
Related terms
en Donatist
Translations
Christian belief
Catalan: ca donatisme m
Dutch: nl donatisme n
French: fr donatisme m
Galician: gl donatismo m
German: de Donatismus m
Italian: it donatismo m
Polish: pl donatyzm m
Portuguese: pt donatismo m
Russian: ru донатизм m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh донатѝзам m
Latin: sh donatìzam m
Spanish: es donatismo m
Swedish: sv donatism c
Anagrams
en adimnost mantoids monadist saintdom mitoDNAs
en eponyms terms suffixed with -ism
en Christianity Catholicism