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Methodist

Methodist

16 3.3
Relating to the Methodist church and its beliefs
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛθədɪst/
translation icon : metodista
  • I am the pastor of The Journey, a new United Methodist Church in North Florida.
  • Methodist Church
  • United Methodist
  • Methodist minister

And my church, along with many other Methodist churches, have decided to leave the United Methodist Church.

Examples

  • The two finally married in Arkansas on 11 October 1975 in a traditional Methodist service.

    Academic text (1996)
  • By one account, she was the first church organist for a local Methodist congregation.

    Academic text (1990)
  • His regular reports home may be read in his book, Methodist Observer at Vatican II.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Scott Parazynski is the chief medical officer and chief technology officer at the Methodist Hospital Research Institute.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Are you Mrs. Altha Carter, the wife of the Methodist Minister?

  • Rhonda Lynn is a nice Methodist girl.

  • Membership in the United Methodist Church fell from 11 million in 1965 to 8.2 million in 2005.

    Academic text (2006)
  • And Daddy's oldest brother, my Uncle John, was a Methodist preacher.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Charles Wesley was the brother of John Wesley and a contributor to the founding of the Methodist religion.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Many people in the community attend the local Methodist church for worship services every Sunday.

Synonyms

Wesleyan
vsMethodist
7.5

Relating to the Christian teaching of John Wesley

includes both founders John and Charles Wesley as the guiding teachers

Compounds

A Christian group that follows John Wesley's teaching and cares about personal faith and social justice

A large Protestant church group in the United States formed in 1968

A group of churches that follow Methodist beliefs and have similar worship and rules

A Christian church group that follows John Wesley's teachings

Surface Forms

Methodist positive

Morphology

Methodist = method (semi-transparent) = method + ist

Adjectival use is derived from the noun 'Methodist' (person/denomination) or directly from 'method' + '-ist'; the formation is clear but the religious, institutional sense is specialized.

Etymology

Methodist as an adjective comes from the same root: method ('way' or 'system') plus -ist to show relation. It describes things that belong to or follow the teachings and practices started by those early Methodists, so a Methodist tradition or school is connected to that church and its way.