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methodist

Meth·od·ist
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [meth-uh-dist]
    • /ˈmɛθ ə dɪst/
    • /ˈmeθ.ə.dɪ.zəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meth-uh-dist]
    • /ˈmɛθ ə dɪst/

Definitions of methodist word

  • noun methodist 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. 1
  • noun methodist (lowercase) a person who relies greatly or excessively on methods or a particular method. 1
  • adjective methodist Also, Methodistic, Methodistical. of or relating to the Methodists or Methodism. 1
  • noun methodist One who follows a method. 1
  • noun methodist member of Christian denomination 1
  • adjective methodist relating to the Methodist Church 1
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Origin of methodist

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; method + -ist

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Parts of speech for Methodist

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methodist popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • united methodist church

    the largest denomination of the Methodist church in the U.S., formed in 1939 from the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church, with the addition in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren.

  • primitive methodist

    a member of a Protestant denomination (Primitive Methodist Church) founded in England in 1812 and later established in the U.S., characterized by its adherence to the basic doctrines, principles, and practices taught by John Wesley.

  • asbury

    Francis1745-1816; 1st Methodist bishop in U.S.

  • church

    A church is a building in which Christians worship. You usually refer to this place as church when you are talking about the time that people spend there.

  • itinerancy

    the act of traveling from place to place.
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