MethodistMeth‧o‧dist /ˈmeθədɪst/ noun [countable] 
Examples
a Methodist chapel—Methodism noun [uncountable]
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A devout Calvinist Methodist and strict advocate of temperance, Davies became a patron of Nonconformist and other charitable and educational causes.
- Across boundaries of North and South, Methodists were supposed to be united and interconnected through their Discipline.
- She had once been a warm Methodist and so too, probably, had been most of her followers.
- The Baptists, for instance, abandoned their sectarianism, and the Methodists their Anglican heritage.
- The Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1837 and then rebuilt on the same site in 1877.
- When Methodists and Baptists debated the different ways to baptize, slaves turned out to cheer for their own sides.
WORD SETS► Christianity
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► primitive
someone who belongs to a Christian religious group that follows the ideas of John Wesley—Methodist adjective: · The Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1837 and then rebuilt on the same site in 1877.· Uncle used to tell me about the time when the primitive Methodists and the Wesley Methodists were joining up.· Aldersgate Primitive Methodist Magazine, 1915-26, passim.· William Shaw was a Primitive Methodist circuit minister who was born in 1854 and died in 1931.· Those who accepted Communion from Methodist preachers were known as Primitive Methodists.· A Primitive Methodist chapel was built at Thornholme in 1892.· The Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1871 and closed in 1915 is now used as a house.
► wesleyan· The Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Chapmangate was built in 1864 on the site of its predecessor of 1813.· Both Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists actually had fewer churches in 1901 than they had had in 1870.· As the Wesleyan Methodists became increasingly respectable they too built grandiose chapels in the suburbs.
NOUN► chapel· The Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Chapmangate was built in 1864 on the site of its predecessor of 1813.· The Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1837 and then rebuilt on the same site in 1877.· The present Methodist chapel was built in 1902, the former chapel now being part of the village hall.· There is a small Methodist chapel which is over 100 years old and still used every Sunday.· In contrast to the ancient church, the small Methodist chapel fairly close by in Town Street, is modern.· A Primitive Methodist chapel was built at Thornholme in 1892.· The Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1871 and closed in 1915 is now used as a house.· The brick-built Methodist chapel stands in one of the side lanes of the village.
► church· We'd first met at Bridge Street Methodist Church, when she was no more than eleven.· Paul claimed he only joined the Normanby Road Methodist Church for the youth club where he began his entertainment career.· He edits his local Methodist Church magazine and is a keen crown green bowls player.· Northland Methodist Church hope to raise money to extend the church for extra function rooms.
a Methodist chapel—Methodism noun [uncountable]