"One of a new kind of puritans lately arisen, so called from their profession to live by rules and in constant method" [Johnson]. Protestant religious sect founded 1729 at Oxford University by John and Charles Wesley, took that name almost from inception, but it had been used since at least 1686 for various new methods of worship. Related: Methodism.
雙語例句
1. Edwards is a Methodist lay preacher and social worker.
愛德華是一位循道宗在俗傳教士兼社會工作者。
來自柯林斯例句
2. "Let us pray," said the Methodist chaplain.
“我們來祈禱吧，”那個(gè)循道宗牧師說。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I was brought up a Methodist.
我是受基督教循道宗的教育長大的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Well, a month afterwards, Mrs. Jessup and I were married in a Methodist Church.
唔, 一個(gè)月以后,我和杰瑟普夫人在一座衛(wèi)理公會教堂里舉行了婚禮.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Dad, nominally a Methodist, entered Churches only for weddings and funerals.