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methodist |
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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