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

I was standing at the back of Methodist Central Hall in Westminster listening to a quartet of prime ministers.

From BBC

A precocious draftsman, Goff began working at a Tulsa, Okla., architecture firm at age 12 and by 22 had designed what is still one of Tulsa’s great monuments: the bursting-with-wild-detail Boston Avenue United Methodist Church.

From Los Angeles Times

Different religious traditions may respond to the policy change in distinct ways, said Matthew Wilson, a religious and politics professor at Southern Methodist University.

From Salon

Adam Lambert sits on a rickety wooden chair just outside the main chapel at the Hollywood United Methodist Church on a break from rehearsing the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

From Los Angeles Times

Alisdair said he left immediately and reported the incident to a Methodist minister.

From BBC