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Wesleyanism

American  
[wes-lee-uh-niz-uhm, wez-] / ˈwɛs li əˌnɪz əm, ˈwɛz- /
Often Wesleyism

noun

  1. the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.


Etymology

Origin of Wesleyanism

First recorded in 1765–75; Wesleyan + -ism

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Stith's evangelical family made him listen to Christian music and practised Wesleyanism.

From The Guardian Nov. 26, 2012

Religiously, the people of the lower orders are as wedded to Wesleyanism as in their mining tactics they are to their old-fashioned ways.

From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville

In the earlier history of local Wesleyanism, one of its chief supporters was James Carpenter, founder of the existing firm of Carpenter and Tildesley. 

From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William

Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Frederic, Harold

It must be some great man in the region of Wesleyanism; some grand, tearing, pathetic, eloquent preacher who can stir to a point of moderate audibility the voices of the multitude of worshippers.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

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