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WESLEYAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wesleyan mean? 

WESLEYAN (noun)
  The noun WESLEYAN has 1 sense:

1. a follower of Wesleyanismplay

  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 Wesleyplay

  Familiarity information: WESLEYAN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WESLEYAN (noun)


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)


WESLEYAN (adjective)


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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