Methodist

[meth-uh-dist]

noun

1. a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity.

2. (lowercase),  a person who relies greatly or excessively on methods or a particular method.

adjective

1. Also Methodistic, Methodistical. of or relating to the Methodists or Methodism.

Methodist

/ ˈmɛθədɪst /

noun

1. a member of any of the Nonconformist denominations that derive from the system of faith and practice initiated by John Wesley and his followers

adjective

1. of or relating to Methodism or the Church embodying it (the Methodist Church )

Other Word Forms

• anti-Methodist adjective
• Methodistically adverb
• non-Methodist noun
• non-Methodistic adjective
• pre-Methodist adjective
• pro-Methodist adjective
• pseudo-Methodist adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Methodist¹

First recorded in 1585–95; method + -ist

Example Sentences

Tom Leatherbury, who directs the First Amendment Clinic at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, said companies took advantage of the ruling.

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I strode slightly uphill past five houses and St. James United Methodist Church, where we worshipped, to the corner of Barton Road.

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Boston Borough Council said its home energy advice and retrofit team will holding a Beat your Winter Worries clinic at Centenary Methodist Church.

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The charity has just reopened its services in Meir, putting them up to 16 sites across the city by adding Broadway Methodist church to the roster.

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Wednesday marks four years to the day since Sir David, the Conservative MP for Southend West, was stabbed to death while holding a surgery in Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

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