Methodist
[meth-uh-dist]
- 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.
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- 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
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Examples from the Web for methodist
Contemporary Examples
Julie Tucker-Trainum was a Methodist minister but eventually left the church when she came out.
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October 7, 2014
The new copy-reader here mentioned was C.C. Foss, a cherubic little fellow who was also a Methodist preacher.
Dr. William Lewis Corporon and his grandson, 14-year-old Reat Griffin Underwood were both members of a local Methodist church.
For a while, she fell into a depression and abandoned the churchgoing Methodist tradition in which she was reared.
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March 27, 2014
Raised a Methodist, Phelps was ordained a Southern Baptist minister in 1947 at the age of 17.
Historical Examples
Immediately after this they go to class-meeting at the Methodist Church.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
And sez he, "That is suthin' that we Methodist men can't stand."
Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 5.Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
It is a question of law, Methodist law, and Methodist law alone.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7.Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
For many years he was connected with the Methodist church on University Heights.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
The first attempt at Methodist organization was somewhere between 1824 and 1827.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Methodist
- a member of any of the Nonconformist denominations that derive from the system of faith and practice initiated by John Wesley and his followers
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- of or relating to Methodism or the Church embodying it (the Methodist Church)
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Word Origin and History for methodist
Methodist
n.
"One of a new kind of puritans lately arisen, so called from their profession to live by rules and in constant method" [Johnson]. Protestant religious sect founded 1729 at Oxford University by John and Charles Wesley, took that name almost from inception, but it had been used since at least 1686 for various new methods of worship. Related: Methodism.
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