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 →

2) (adjective) To do with this church (a Methodist chapel). tree →

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 →
• The Methodist chapel in the village is very old. tree →
• She is a Methodist and sings in the choir. tree →
• Methodists are a kind of Christian. tree →
• We visited a Methodist school on our trip. tree →
• The Methodist Church runs a food bank in town. tree →

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.
• Protestant churches stress the Bible, faith and grace, and include Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians.
• The Methodist Church was started by John and Charles Wesley in the 1700s; Charles wrote thousands of hymns.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «methodist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.