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# methodist

«methodist» in Mova's school dictionary: **A member of the Methodist Church, a Christian group…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a Methodist, Methodists); adjective (Methodist)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A member of the Methodist Church, a Christian group started in England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/#m1)

2) (adjective) To do with this church (a Methodist chapel). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education and history: Methodism is a branch of Protestant Christianity known for hymn singing and helping the poor. Phrases: Methodist Church, Methodist chapel, Methodist school.

### examples

- Our neighbours go to the Methodist church on the corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/#x1)
- The Methodist chapel in the village is very old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/#x2)
- She is a Methodist and sings in the choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/#x3)
- Methodists are a kind of Christian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/#x4)
- We visited a Methodist school on our trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/#x5)
- The Methodist Church runs a food bank in town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/#x6)

### note

Written with a capital M: Methodist. Related: Methodism. Do not confuse with "method" (a way of doing something), though the name came from people being very orderly and "methodical".

### In the corpora

- [Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches baptise babies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/10/)
- [Protestant churches stress the Bible, faith and grace, and include Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/13/)
- [The Methodist Church was started by John and Charles Wesley in the 1700s; Charles wrote thousands of hymns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «methodist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/methodist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.