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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


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

From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2012

A disastrous period of Wesleyanism opened with John Wesley's voyage to America, in 1735.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 9. September, 1880 by Aaron Walker

Wesleyanism, indeed, is essentially missionary in spirit, her original aim being to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world.

From Great Britain and Her Queen by Annie E. Keeling

The "class-meeting" of strict Wesleyanism is said to have originally involved mutual confession of sins among the members of the "class."

From Religious Reality by A. E. J. (Alfred Edward John) Rawlinson

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

From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett

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