Methodist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Methodist	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Methodist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Methodist adj of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley; "Methodist theology" Synonym(s): Methodist, Wesleyan n a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Methodist \Meth"odist\, a. Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist* hymns; a Methodist elder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Methodist \Meth"o*dist\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]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 [bd]Holy Club,[b8] 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.