Methodist的词源

英文词源

Methodist (n.)

"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.

中文词源

Methodist：循道宗信徒

18世纪从英国国教分离出的基督教新教教徒。字面意思即教规派，守规则的人，来自method,方法，规则，-ist,人。

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