Methodist
Methodist , noun
[Compare French méthodiste. See Method.]
1.
One who observes method. [Obsolete]
2.
One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory. — Sir W. Hamilton
3.
(Theology) 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.
Methodist , adjective
Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder.