Rogatistn.
/ˈrəʊɡətɪst/, U.S. /ˈroʊɡədəst/ A member or adherent of a moderate Donatist sect originating in Mauretania Caesariensis in the 4th cent.
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1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 26v Then we shoulde passe to the Rogatistes for the Church.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Circumcelians The rigid sort of Donatists, as the Rogatists were the moderate.
1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 743 The Rogatists in Mauritania Cæsariensis, were so called from Rogatus, the author of their separation.
1849 J. H. Parker tr. St. Augustine Homilies Gospel St. John 772/1 Let him not be so ungrateful to God, Who hath vouchsafed to deliver him (Vicentius) from the split of the Donatists or Rogatists.
1893 Dublin Rev. Apr. 399 [St Augustine] writing to Vincent the Rogatist.
1964 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 54 108 The Rogatist sect had no record of violence, yet Augustine would not exempt them from the laws against heretics.
2005 M. Gaddis There is No Crime 131 A minority of a minority, the Rogatists unsurprisingly advocated toleration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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