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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Methodist  \Meth"o*dist\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  m['e]thodiste.  See 
  {Method}.] 
  1.  One  who  observes  method.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  One  of  an  ancient  school  of  physicians  who  rejected 
  observation  and  founded  their  practice  on  reasoning  and 
  theory.  --Sir  W.  Hamilton. 
 
  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;  --  originally  so  called  from  the  methodical 
  strictness  of  members  of  the  club  in  all  religious  duties. 
 
  4.  A  person  of  strict  piety;  one  who  lives  in  the  exact 
  observance  of  religious  duties;  --  sometimes  so  called  in 
  contempt  or  ridicule. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Methodist  \Meth"o*dist\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  sect  of  Methodists;  as  Methodist 
  hymns;  a  Methodist  elder. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Methodist 
  adj  :  (religion)  of  or  pertaining  to  or  characteristic  of  the 
  branch  of  Protestantism  adhering  to  the  views  of 
  Wesley;  "Methodist  theology"  [syn:  {Methodist},  {Wesleyan}] 
  n  :  a  follower  of  Wesleyanism  as  practiced  by  the  Methodist 
  Church  [syn:  {Methodist}] 




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