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Wesley
[ wes-lee, wez- ]
noun
- Charles, 1707–88, English evangelist and hymnist.
- his brother John, 1703–91, English theologian and evangelist: founder of Methodism.
- a male given name.
Wesley
/ ˈwɛzlɪ /
noun
- WesleyJohn17031791MEnglishRELIGION: Methodist John . 1703–91, English preacher who founded Methodism
- WesleyMary19122003FBritishWRITING: writer Mary, pseudonym of Mary Aline Siepmann. 1912–2003, British writer: her novels include The Camomile Lawn (1984) and An Imaginative Experience (1994)
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Example Sentences
In 1999, when my older son, Wesley, was in fifth grade, he brought home a copy of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
On Monday, he carried his gun with him to a movie theater in Wesley Chapel, Florida, an exurban community 26 miles north of Tampa.
Wesley Emerson began producing adult movies in 1975 and only retired a few years ago.
“Wesley would only come out to the set for close-ups,” remembers his co-star Patton Oswalt.
Actors Wesley Snipes is still a few weeks away from becoming a free man.
He became one of the assistants of Mr. Wesley, and was active in the service of the church.
There is a very characteristic letter by John Wesley, and close by it a letter by Blackstone, part of which is worth reproducing.
Wesley said if we gave up belief in witchcraft we must give up belief in the Bible.
In the churchyard, under a great tree, still standing, John Wesley preached his last open-air sermon.
The trumpet of Wesley and Whitefield was needed before that unseemly slumber could again be broken.
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