Methodist
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- noun
- /ˈmɛθədɪst/
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metodista
- He became a Methodist after finding a welcoming congregation that embraced his beliefs.
We have Catholics and Methodists and we freeze and lots of other Christian denominations.
- We have Catholics and Methodists and we freeze and lots of other Christian denominations.
- And he said seriously blue collar guy, open minded, kind of nerdy man of faith, raised Methodist and Southern Baptist.
- If you're a Methodist and Episcopalian, you know, maybe you go to church twice a year and it's something spiritual for you.
- My father knew how to be a Methodist, a Ghanaian, a Pan Africanist, a loyal son of of the Kingdom of Ashanti, a father.
Examples
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Methodists all over the state exchanged preachers once a year, in May.
Fiction book (1991) -
The case was brought against Ascot by a Methodist class leader and made its way to the Court of Arches.
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Have you two ever considered visiting the methodist church down the street?
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And my church, along with many other Methodist churches, have decided to leave the United Methodist Church.
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I was raised in a family that went to a Methodist Church, a pretty liberal one in a small town in Michigan.
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No, that's a Methodist activity.
Fiction book (1993) -
All right, I learned that Hillary got her introduction to social justice through her Methodist youth minister Don Jones.
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Methodists affirm that Christ may be present in the faithful human heart.
Academic text (2013) -
Methodists were everywhere—the closest thing to a national religion that it seemed we had.
Academic text (2006) -
Methodists frequently preached in hospitals, and Wesley's Journal shows that he made a point of touring and inspecting the hospitals of every major town that he visited.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
People who follow the Christian teachings of John Wesley and belong to churches of his movement
Compounds
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A Christian group that follows John Wesley's teaching and cares about personal faith and social justice
A group of churches that follow Methodist beliefs and have similar worship and rules
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Methodist comes from the word method (a 'way' or 'system') plus the ending -ist meaning a person. It was first used as a nickname for students at Oxford who followed a strict method of prayer and study with John and Charles Wesley, so a Methodist is a person who follows that way or belongs to the church.