[meth-uh-dist] 
| 1. | a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity. |
| 2. | (lowercase ) a person who relies greatly or excessively on methods or a particular method. |
| 3. | Also, Meth⋅od⋅is⋅tic, Meth⋅od⋅is⋅ti⋅cal. of or pertaining to the Methodists or Methodism. |
| Meth·od·ist (měth'ə-dĭst) n.
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A Protestant denomination founded by the English clergyman John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in the eighteenth century. Methodists are generally flexible in doctrine and in church organization, and stress the social responsibility of Christians. Next to the Baptists, Methodists are the most numerous group of Protestants in the United States.
