"One of a new kind of puritans lately arisen, so called from their profession to live by rules and in constant method" [Johnson]. Protestant religious sect founded 1729 at Oxford University by John and Charles Wesley, took that name almost from inception, but it had been used since at least 1686 for various new methods of worship. Related: Methodism.
双语例句
1. Edwards is a Methodist lay preacher and social worker.
爱德华是一位循道宗在俗传教士兼社会工作者。
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2. "Let us pray," said the Methodist chaplain.
“我们来祈祷吧，”那个循道宗牧师说。
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3. I was brought up a Methodist.
我是受基督教循道宗的教育长大的。
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4. Well, a month afterwards, Mrs. Jessup and I were married in a Methodist Church.
唔, 一个月以后,我和杰瑟普夫人在一座卫理公会教堂里举行了婚礼.
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5. Dad, nominally a Methodist, entered Churches only for weddings and funerals.