Methodist

Methodist
Methodistically, adv.
/meth"euh dist/, n.
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. (l.c.) a person who relies greatly or excessively on methods or a particular method.
adj.
3. Also, Methodistic, Methodistical. of or pertaining to the Methodists or Methodism.
[1585-95; METHOD + -IST]

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