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Whitefield
[ hwit-feeld, wit- ]
noun
- George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
Whitefield
/ ˈwɪtˌfiːld /
noun
- WhitefieldGeorge17141770MEnglishRELIGION: Methodist George. 1714–70, English Methodist preacher, who separated from the Wesleys (?1741) because of his Calvinistic views
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- Whitefieldi·an Whitefield·ite noun
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Example Sentences
He was an apprentice to a wig and curl maker, when Whitefield attracted his attention, and he became a methodist preacher.
The trumpet of Wesley and Whitefield was needed before that unseemly slumber could again be broken.
The other and still more important event was the institution by Whitefield of field-preaching.
It is perhaps not very surprising that Whitefield's marriage, like that of Wesley, proved very unhappy.
Men used to fall as though cut down in battle under the preaching of Wesley, Whitefield, Finney, and others.
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