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WESLEYAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Wesleyan mean?
• WESLEYAN (noun)
The noun WESLEYAN has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: WESLEYAN used as a noun is very rare.
• WESLEYAN (adjective)
The adjective WESLEYAN has 1 sense:
1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
Familiarity information: WESLEYAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A follower of Wesleyanism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Wesleyan" is a kind of...):
Methodist (a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church)
Holonyms ("Wesleyan" is a member of...):
Wesleyan Methodist Church; Wesleyan Methodists (the original Methodist Church)
Derivation:
Wesleyan (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Methodist; Wesleyan
Context example:
Methodist theology
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Derivation:
Wesley (English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791))
Wesleyan (a follower of Wesleyanism)
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