connexionaladj.
/kəˈnɛkʃənəl/ 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, connection.
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18.. Edinb. Rev. in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (1846)
2. Of or pertaining to the Methodist Connexion.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Methodism > [adjective]
Methodistical1746
swaddling1747
methodist1751
Methodistic1788
Methody1794
methodizing1820
connexional1838
shouting1851
1838 Min. Wesl. Conf. Q. 23 The Connexional Fund to be raised on the occasion of the centenary.
1870 Tyerman Life J. Wesley II. iii. 613 This was a great connexional effort to collect £12,000 to defray all the connexional chapel debts.
1885 Manch. Examiner 18 June 4/6 The Primitive Methodist..body..has now..connexional property to the value of nearly £3,000,000 sterling.
Derivatives
coˈnnexionalism n. the system of the Methodist Connexion in theory and practice.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Methodism > [noun]
Methodism1739
swaddling1759
connexionalism1883
1883 Daily News 28 Apr. They [Congregationalists] needed more connexionalism and must get out of their extreme independence and isolation.
1884 Congregationalist Feb. 139 The necessity of something like local connexionalism.
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