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.

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Etymology

Origin of Wesleyanism

First recorded in 1765–75; Wesleyan + -ism

Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2012

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 Rawlinson, A. E. J. (Alfred Edward John)

Wesleyanism had modified it in some portions of the country, but intensified it in others.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

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