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Wesleyanism

American  
[wes-lee-uh-niz-uhm, wez-] / ˈwɛs li əˌnɪz əm, ˈwɛz- /
Often Wesleyism

noun

  1. the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.


Etymology

Origin of Wesleyanism

First recorded in 1765–75; Wesleyan + -ism

Example Sentences

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Stith's evangelical family made him listen to Christian music and practised Wesleyanism.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2012

This outrage had appalled and disgusted the boyhood of Wesleyanism in Bursley.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

He had visited Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, Spurgeon's Tabernacle, the City Temple, and had studied—so he told me—English Wesleyanism and, Congregationalism in several provincial centres.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas

The Rev. Brown, the Wesleyan minister, sturdily declares that he cares nothing for creeds, but only for education; meanwhile, in truth, the wildest Wesleyanism is tearing his soul.

From What's Wrong with the World by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

But I had many inquiries as to the tenets of Wesleyanism.

From The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad by Thompson, Edward John

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