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 meth·od·ist /-dɪst/
 衛理公會派教徒

 Meth·o·dist n.
 1. One who observes method. [Obs.]
 2. One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.
 3. Theol. One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the “Holy Club,” formed at Oxford University, a. d. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.
 4. A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.

 Meth·o·dist, a. Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder.
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 Methodist
      adj : of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of
            Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley;
            "Methodist theology" [syn: Wesleyan]
      n : a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist
          Church