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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Wesleyanism

· Wes·ley·an·ism · IPA /ˈwɛzlɪənɪzəm/
01 n. The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist;…
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    The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.(Eccl.) See: Methodist