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WESLEYAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A follower of Wesleyanism
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Wesleyan" is a kind of...):
Methodist (a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church)
Holonyms ("Wesleyan" is a member of...):
Wesleyan Methodist Church; Wesleyan Methodists (the original Methodist Church)
Derivation:
Wesleyan (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
Example:
Methodist theology
Synonyms:
Methodist; Wesleyan
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Derivation:
Wesley (English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791))
Wesleyan (a follower of Wesleyanism)
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