Methodist

American  

[meth-uh-dist] / ˈmɛθ ə dɪst /

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.

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adjective

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

Methodist British  

/ 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

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adjective

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

Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of Methodist

First recorded in 1585–95; method + -ist

Example Sentences

The attack is believed to have occurred outside Epsom Methodist Church in Ashley Road, Epsom.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Martha Gulati is a preventive cardiologist and the inaugural director of the Davis Women’s Heart Center at the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

"DNA repair is one of the most fundamental processes in biology," said lead investigator Muralidhar L. Hegde, Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery at the Houston Methodist Research Institute's Center for Neuroregeneration.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

A Southern Methodist University political science professor suggested that while Democrats weren’t “generally” thought to have that “great of a chance to win statewide office,” that may not be true “this time.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Most members assumed the new leader would be Anna Howard Shaw, a Methodist minister who had a reputation as an excellent speaker and was in Anthony’s inner circle.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling