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English

Noun

Methodist (plural Methodists)

• A member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan.
  • ✤ Synonym: (Britain, dialect, obsolete) Methodish
  • ✤ Hypernym: Protestant
  • ✤ The question, which visibly moved Clinton, delves into an area of the candidate’s life that is deeply personal but rarely discussed. Clinton’s friends and confidants describe the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does.¹
  • ✤ After years of debate, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last week to settle the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.²

Adjective

Methodist (comparative more Methodist, superlative most Methodist)

• Of or pertaining to the branch of Christianity that descends from the religious societies overseen by John Wesley (1703–1791) among others.
  • ✤ Synonym: Meth.
  • ✤ Clinton’s faith is something she developed as a child growing up in Park Ridge, Illinois, attending the suburb’s First Methodist Church.³

Etymology

From method +‎ -ist; for the origin of the designation, see Methodism.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛθədɪst/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• Hyphenation: Method‧ist

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Footnotes

1. 2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN ‎${}^{[1]}$, archived from the original on 6 September 2022: ↩

2. 2019 March 3, Dakin Andone, “Fractured after vote against LGBT clergy, weddings, United Methodists face possible split”, in CNN ‎${}^{[2]}$, archived from the original on 20 November 2023: ↩

3. 2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN ‎${}^{[3]}$, archived from the original on 6 September 2022: ↩