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

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

The park, which began as a Methodist camp in the 1890s, was bought by Northern California real estate mogul Edward Biggs in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

"ICE has even been arresting airport workers while they are on the job," said one of those who protested, reverend Mariah Furness Tollgaard of Hamline Church United Methodist.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Last summer, I got a job at McDonald’s instead of volunteering at New York Methodist hospital like I used to.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon