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WESLEYAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A follower of Wesleyanism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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