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Wesleyan

[wes-lee-uhn, wez-]

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adjective

of or pertaining to John Wesley, founder of Methodism.

pertaining to Methodism.

noun

a follower of John Wesley.

Chiefly British. a Methodist.

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Origin:
1765–75; Wesley + -an

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Wesleyan (ˈwɛzlɪən)

—*adj*
1.	of, relating to, or deriving from John Wesley
2.	of, relating to, or characterizing Methodism, esp in its original form or as upheld by the branch of the Methodist Church known as the Wesleyan Methodists

—n
3.	a follower of John Wesley
4.	a member of the Methodist Church or (formerly) of the Wesleyan Methodists

'Wesleyanism

—n

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Wesleyan

"pertaining to Wesley," 1771, in ref. to John Wesley (1703-91), founder of Methodism. The surname is from various places in England named West Leigh (or some variant).

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"It is twenty-eight years ago to-day since the first woman's rights convention ever held assembled in the Wesleyan chapel at Seneca Falls, N.Y. Could we have foreseen, when we called that convention, the ridicule, persecution, and misrepresentation that the demand for woman's political, religious and social equality would involve; the long, weary years of waiting and hoping without success; I fear we should not have had the courage and conscience to begin such a protracted struggle, nor the faith and hope to continue the work."

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