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Methodist/ˈmeθədist/ n. & adj.●n. 1 a member of any of several Protestant religious bodies (now united) originating in the 18th-c. evangelistic movement of Charles and John Wesley and George Whitefield (现统一的)循道宗教徒 2 (作 methodist) a person who follows or advocates a particular method or system of procedure 墨守成规者；照章办事者 ●adj. of or relating to Methodists or Methodism (有关)循道宗教徒的；(有关)循道宗教教义的 □ Methodism n.□ Methodistic /-ˈdistik/ adj.□ Methodistical /-ˈdistik(ə)l/ adj.[modern Latin methodista (as METHOD): sense 1 probably from following a specified ‘method’ of devotional study] |