Methodist

·noun One who observes method.

II. Methodist ·adj Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder.

III. Methodist ·noun One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.

IV. Methodist ·noun A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties;

— sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.

V. Methodist ·noun 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;

— originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.