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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

Mr. Foxall was a convert to Wesleyanism, and a lay minister.

From A Portrait of Old George Town by Peter, Grace Dunlop

Religiously, the people of the lower orders are as wedded to Wesleyanism as in their mining tactics they are to their old-fashioned ways.

From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville

Again, Wesleyanism tapped the offertory of Episcopalianism, and thus earned the undying hatred of that Church—though in point of doctrine, the two are practically identical.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

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