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METHODISM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Methodism" is a kind of...):
Protestantism (the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation)
Derivation:
Methodist (a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church)