Rogatiann.

Brit.

/rə(ʊ)ˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S.

/roʊˈɡeɪʃən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rogatus , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Rogatus, the leader of the sect, who flourished in the 4th cent. + -ian suffix. Compare Rogatist n.Compare post-classical Latin Rogatianus (17th cent. or earlier). The non-naturalized Latin plural form Rogatiani is occasionally found in English contexts in the 17th cent.

Now rare.

= Rogatist n.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > major early Christian sects > Donatism > [noun] > person

Donatistc1460

Rogatian1564

Rogatist1565

Rogatianist1608

Donatian1627

1564 Briefe Exam. 4* b You shall reade of the Donatistes, Rogatians,..and Papistes.

1608 A. Wotton Trial Romish Clergies Title to Church 287 We condemne them of error, who teach (as sometimes the Donatists & Rogatians did) that it [sc. the church] is enclosed in Affrick or Europe, or Asia, or America, or any of these.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xxi. 237 Even the imperceptible sect of the Rogatians could affirm, without a blush, that when Christ should descend [etc.].

a1833 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XI. 325/2 A fourth part of the Donatist Prelates followed the standard of Maximin, and a large Body was distinguished by the name of Rogatians.

1894 S. Cheetham Hist. Christian Church 343 The Rogatians, the party of Rogatus, bishop of Cartenna,..were (says Augustin) the most moderate of the Donatist sects.

1906 G. W. Osmun Augustine ii. 24 He cites the testimony of Vincentius, a Rogatian bishop.

Derivatives

† Roˈgatianist n. Obsolete rare.

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