What does Wesleyan mean?

Definitions for Wesleyan
ˈwɛs li ən, ˈwɛz-wes·leyan

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Wesleyanadjective

    a follower of Wesleyanism

  2. Methodist, Wesleyanadjective

    of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley

    "Methodist theology"

Wiktionary

  1. Wesleyannoun

    A supporter of Wesleyanism.

  2. Wesleyanadjective

    Of or pertaining to (1703-1791), founder of Methodism.

  3. Wesleyanadjective

    Of or pertaining to Methodism in general

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wesleyanadjective

    of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism

  2. Wesleyannoun

    one who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist

  3. Etymology: [See Wesleyanism.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Wesleyan

    wes′le-an, adj. pertaining to Wesleyanism.—n. one who adopts Wesleyanism.—n. Wes′leyanism, the system of doctrine and church polity of the Wesleyan Methodists: Arminian Methodism. [Named from John Wesley (1703-91).]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Wesleyan in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Wesleyan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Wesleyan in a Sentence

  1. Everett Piper:

    Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a 'safe place,' but rather a place to learn: to learn that life isn't about you, but about others; that the bad feeling you have while listening to a sermon is called guilt; that the way to address it is to repent of everything that's wrong with you rather than blame others for everything that's wrong with them,

  2. Wesleyan University in Connecticut:

    Wesleyan has offered DKE the opportunity to work regularly with the administration so that the DKE house might be ready for co-educated program housing in 2016, the university is confident that this lawsuit has no merit.

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