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methodist

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Meth⋅od⋅ist

  [meth-uh-dist]
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–noun
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.
–adjective
3. Also, Meth⋅od⋅is⋅tic, Meth⋅od⋅is⋅ti⋅cal. of or pertaining to the Methodists or Methodism.
Origin:
1585–95; method + -ist

Related forms:
Meth⋅od⋅is⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Meth·od·ist   (měth'ə-dĭst)   
n.  

  1. A member of an evangelical Protestant church founded on the principles of John and Charles Wesley in England in the early 18th century and characterized by active concern with social welfare and public morals.

  2. methodist One who emphasizes or insists on systematic procedure.

Meth'od·is'tic adj.
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