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Methodist

Methodist

47 3.3
Relating to the Methodist church and its beliefs
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛθədɪst/
: 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
1 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.