Methodism

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 23:01, 14 March 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: methodism

English

Etymology

From method +‎ -ism. Fellow students at the University of Oxford called Wesley and his followers "methodists" because they lived and practiced their faith methodically; Wesley adopted the designation.[1]

Noun

Methodism (uncountable)

  1. The Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley in 18th-century England.
  2. Any of several related movements.

Hypernyms

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ Liam Iwig-O'Byrne, How Methodists Were Made: "The Arminian Magazine" (2008, →ISBN