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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

Methodism has attempted to reform all, but has reformed itself into many forms of Wesleyanism.

From The Revelation Explained by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

Every new Wesleyan became a missionary of Wesleyanism.

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by Justin McCarthy

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 D. Thomas Curtin

Of the nine days devoted to this curious survival of primitive Wesleyanism, the fifth fell upon a Saturday.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic

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