METH'ODIST, noun One that observes method. 1. One of a sect of christians, founded by Morgan, or rather by John Wesley, and so called from the exact regularity of their lives, and the strictness of their principles and rules. 2. A physician who practices by method or theory. 3. In the cant of irreligious men, a person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties.
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