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[syn: Methodist, Wesleyan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Methodist \Meth"o*dist\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]thodiste. See
Method.]
1. One who observes method. [Obs.]
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2. One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected
observation and founded their practice on reasoning and
theory. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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3. (Theol.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a
small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford
University, a. d. 1729, of which the most conspicuous
members were John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley;
-- originally so called from the methodical strictness of
members of the club in all religious duties.
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4. A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact
observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in
contempt or ridicule.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Methodist \Meth"o*dist\, a.
Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist
hymns; a Methodist elder.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Methodist
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of
Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley; "Methodist
theology" [syn: Methodist, Wesleyan]
n 1: a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist
Church