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词汇 Wesleyan
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Definition of Wesleyan in English:

Wesleyan

adjective ˈwɛslɪənˈwɛzlɪən
  • Relating to or denoting the teachings of John Wesley or the main branch of the Methodist Church which he founded.

    (与)卫斯理教义(有关)的;(与)卫斯理宗(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The many facets and connections of Wesleyan Methodism make it difficult to generalize about its importance.
    • Catholic and Wesleyan missionaries also attempted to convert the Pacific Islanders.
    • Forty-four percent of Tongans belong to the Free Wesleyan Church.
    • The Irish had completed their St. Thomas Catholic Church in 1858 followed by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1865.
    • Not far from the base of the Christ Church tower - which is no longer a place of worship but an art gallery - stands a magnificent piece of early Victoriana which was once Hartlepool's great Wesleyan chapel.
    • I devoted my life to God as his servant in a conservative Pentecostal movement… the Apostolic church, I attended a largely mainline Protestant bible college and now I am part of the Wesleyan Methodist church.
    • His parents were religious but freethinking, and he attended the Church of England and the Wesleyan chapel.
    • From unassuming beginnings in the 1760s, Wesleyan Methodists had achieved many successes in America by the close of the eighteenth century.
    • In that time he's been a martial arts instructor, a financial advisor, pastored a Wesleyan Methodist church and run a radio show.
    • Sunday schools run by Baptist, Independent, Unitarian and Wesleyan chapels also provided basic schooling for a small number of children.
noun ˈwɛslɪənˈwɛzlɪən
  • A follower of Wesley or adherent of the main Methodist tradition.

    卫斯理的门徒;卫斯理宗教徒,循道宗教徒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The expansion of formal education throughout the then Gold Coast (now Ghana) began in the third decade of the nineteenth century with the arrival of Basel, Wesleyan, and Bremen missionaries.
    • This anthology has introduced me to Wesleyan and Evangelical materials I was only vaguely acquainted with.
    • Now the register has transcripts from some Wesleyan, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches, from Trinity Congregational Church and from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church marriage register.
    • I am just talking aloud but I am Wesleyan in my theology.
    • The movement often took the form of a religious revival and was referred to as a crusade: one teetotal group was even included with the churches by the religious census of 1851, along with temperance Wesleyans and temperance Christians.
    • The Wesleyans opened their church building in 1885.
    • The various branches of Methodism - Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Bible Christians - united in 1902, ahead of a similar union in Britain.
    • In 1900, the Bible Christians, who had been active since 1879, combined with the Wesleyans to form the Methodists and became part of the Johnburgh Carrieton United Methodist Circuit.
    • In his historical address, Dr John Aaron traced the decline of Calvinism in Wales around the year 1800, when the first Welsh-speaking Wesleyans, John Bryan and Owen Davis, introduced Arminianism for the first time.
    • The Wesleyans had their Chapel in Commercial Road in 1854 whereas members of the Christian Chapel conducted their meetings in Colman's store.
    • Conflict between the Wesleyans and the Anglican Missionary Society caused the stations to be abandoned in 1836.
    • Initially chaplains were solely from the Church of England, but Presbyterians were recognized in 1827, Roman Catholics in 1836, Wesleyans in 1881, and Jewish rabbis in 1892.
    • Although the Wesleyans had bought a block of land in December 1871, it was not until 1874 that a school room was completed to be used as a church.

Derivatives

  • Wesleyanism

  • noun ˈwɛzlɪənɪz(ə)mˈwɛslɪənɪz(ə)m
    • While there is considerably more emphasis on Wesleyanism's overall failure, Kent sees Wesleyanism's two achievements as becoming a national presence with a distinct, inward-looking subculture, and its valuing of respectability.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He elevates Wesley and Wesleyanism to too momentous a role in British history although this is necessary to build up the book's importance.
      • Rejecting the characterization of Wesleyanism as ‘Scriptural Christianity,’ his unflattering portrait emphasizes the ‘enthusiastic’ side that paralleled Catholicism.
      • Neither was Wesleyanism the source of evangelical Anglicanism, which Kent identifies instead as being the single-issue societies such as the anti-slavery movement.

Definition of Wesleyan in US English:

Wesleyan

adjective
  • Relating to or denoting the teachings of John Wesley or the main branch of the Methodist Church which he founded.

    (与)卫斯理教义(有关)的;(与)卫斯理宗(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I devoted my life to God as his servant in a conservative Pentecostal movement… the Apostolic church, I attended a largely mainline Protestant bible college and now I am part of the Wesleyan Methodist church.
    • Sunday schools run by Baptist, Independent, Unitarian and Wesleyan chapels also provided basic schooling for a small number of children.
    • Catholic and Wesleyan missionaries also attempted to convert the Pacific Islanders.
    • The many facets and connections of Wesleyan Methodism make it difficult to generalize about its importance.
    • From unassuming beginnings in the 1760s, Wesleyan Methodists had achieved many successes in America by the close of the eighteenth century.
    • In that time he's been a martial arts instructor, a financial advisor, pastored a Wesleyan Methodist church and run a radio show.
    • Forty-four percent of Tongans belong to the Free Wesleyan Church.
    • His parents were religious but freethinking, and he attended the Church of England and the Wesleyan chapel.
    • The Irish had completed their St. Thomas Catholic Church in 1858 followed by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1865.
    • Not far from the base of the Christ Church tower - which is no longer a place of worship but an art gallery - stands a magnificent piece of early Victoriana which was once Hartlepool's great Wesleyan chapel.
noun
  • A follower of Wesley or adherent of the main Methodist tradition.

    卫斯理的门徒;卫斯理宗教徒,循道宗教徒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1900, the Bible Christians, who had been active since 1879, combined with the Wesleyans to form the Methodists and became part of the Johnburgh Carrieton United Methodist Circuit.
    • The Wesleyans opened their church building in 1885.
    • In his historical address, Dr John Aaron traced the decline of Calvinism in Wales around the year 1800, when the first Welsh-speaking Wesleyans, John Bryan and Owen Davis, introduced Arminianism for the first time.
    • Although the Wesleyans had bought a block of land in December 1871, it was not until 1874 that a school room was completed to be used as a church.
    • Conflict between the Wesleyans and the Anglican Missionary Society caused the stations to be abandoned in 1836.
    • The Wesleyans had their Chapel in Commercial Road in 1854 whereas members of the Christian Chapel conducted their meetings in Colman's store.
    • The expansion of formal education throughout the then Gold Coast (now Ghana) began in the third decade of the nineteenth century with the arrival of Basel, Wesleyan, and Bremen missionaries.
    • The various branches of Methodism - Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Bible Christians - united in 1902, ahead of a similar union in Britain.
    • Initially chaplains were solely from the Church of England, but Presbyterians were recognized in 1827, Roman Catholics in 1836, Wesleyans in 1881, and Jewish rabbis in 1892.
    • Now the register has transcripts from some Wesleyan, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches, from Trinity Congregational Church and from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church marriage register.
    • I am just talking aloud but I am Wesleyan in my theology.
    • The movement often took the form of a religious revival and was referred to as a crusade: one teetotal group was even included with the churches by the religious census of 1851, along with temperance Wesleyans and temperance Christians.
    • This anthology has introduced me to Wesleyan and Evangelical materials I was only vaguely acquainted with.
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