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

ANNANDALE, Va.—At 9:30 a.m. every Sunday, a dozen parishioners at Annandale United Methodist Church discuss the lessons of the Bible and how to maintain faith in a complicated world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

On the other is the Apam Methodist Church, representing the spread of Christianity through coastal communities.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

ProPublica also investigated the case of Porsha Ngumezi, who died at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in 2023 after bleeding heavily during a miscarriage at 11 weeks.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

The practice Saturday on the campus of Southern Methodist helped.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

She was involved with the new Chinese Methodist Church, and she ran the Chinese Mission School where young Chinatown kids went after regular school to learn to read and write Chinese.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu