Methodist

[ meth-uh-dist ]

/ ˈmɛθ ə dɪst /

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noun

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.

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

adjective

Also Meth·od·is·tic, Meth·od·is·ti·cal. of or relating to the Methodists or Methodism.

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Origin of Methodist

First recorded in 1585–95; method + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM Methodist

Meth·od·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon-Meth·od·ist, noun, adjectivenon-Meth·od·is·tic, adjectivepre-Meth·od·ist, adjective, noun

pro-Meth·od·ist, adjective, nounpseu·do-Meth·od·ist, adjective, noun

Words nearby Methodist

method, methodical, methodically, method in one's madness, Methodism, Methodist, Methodists, Methodius, methodize, methodological, methodology

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How to use Methodist in a sentence

Thomas showed how Methodist was suing and garnishing the wages of thousands of patients, including many of its own employees, for unpaid hospital bills.
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When she was 8, her father died, and Ada was sent to a Methodist school in Nome, where she was taught enough English to read the Bible and how to clean houses and cook.
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Neither Methodist nor UVA responded to requests for comment.
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Another story revealed that many of the people who Methodist sued were its own employees.
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The case-satisfied notices flooded the court clerk’s office weeks after Methodist announced sweeping policy changes, including a far more generous charity care policy.
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That side is volunteering extensively in his hometown of Flint, and recently, pastoring Charity United Methodist Church.
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Julie Tucker-Trainum was a Methodist minister but eventually left the church when she came out.
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The new copy-reader here mentioned was C.C. Foss, a cherubic little fellow who was also a Methodist preacher.
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But the Oreo cookies in the photograph were actually sent by Operation Oreo, a project of Alpharetta Methodist Church in Georgia.
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In her 2012 commencement address at Southern Methodist University, she hit the same notes.
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John N. Maffit, the well known and eccentric methodist preacher, died at Mobile.
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He was an apprentice to a wig and curl maker, when Whitefield attracted his attention, and he became a methodist preacher.
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Sara Lee straightened and looked out where between the white curtains the spire of the Methodist Church marked the east.
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The women of the Methodist Church, finding a real field of activity, stood behind her solidly.
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Before he was a soldier, he had been a Methodist class leader; and there was not a braver man in the company.
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British Dictionary definitions for Methodist

Methodist

/ (ˈmɛθədɪst) /

noun

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 Methodistic, Methodistical

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

Derived forms of Methodist

Methodistically, adverb

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