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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_143334" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_143334" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John [[Wesley]] and his brother Charles; - originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties. </p> <p> (2): (n.) One who observes method. </p> <p> (3): (a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, [[Methodist]] hymns; a Methodist elder. </p> <p> (4): (n.) A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; - sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule. </p> <p> (5): (n.) One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John [[Wesley]] and his brother Charles; - originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) One who observes method. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, [[Methodist]] hymns; a Methodist elder. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; - sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory. </p> | ||
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