davidist

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One of the followers of David of Dinant in Belgium (hence called Dinanto), who taught extreme pantheistic doctrines. His treatise “Quaternuli” was burned by a synod at Paris in 1209, and the sect was stamped out by persecution.
2. n. One of a fanatical sect which existed for more than a century after the death in 1556 of its founder, a Dutch Anabaptist, David George, or Joris. His followers were also called Davidians, David-Georgians, and Familists. See Familist.