| 正面 | 7794.methodist 英 ['meθədɪst]美     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、hetero- + sex + -ual.n. 卫理公会派教徒adj. 卫理公会教派的 例句： 1. Edwards is a Methodist lay preacher and social worker.爱德华是一位循道宗在俗传教士兼社会工作者。 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。 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." |