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

Mr. Graybill is a professor of history at Southern Methodist University.

From The Wall Street Journal

The next Wednesday, I jumped on a Yellow Car to get to First Methodist Church downtown.

From Literature

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

Another showed Dylan Gold, a Southern Methodist University junior, partying at a concert and a game, all under text saying “average weekend using Kalshi.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Like most young people of their time, the sisters also grew up with popular ghost stories like author Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and Methodist founder John Wesley’s family haunt, “Old Jeffrey.”

From Literature