(meth′əd·ist) noun
An observer of method or order.
—meth′od·ism noun
—meth′od·is′tic, meth′od·is′ti·cal adjective

(meth′əd·ist) noun
A member of any one of the Protestant churches that have grown out of the religious movement begun at Oxford University in the first half of the 18th century, in which John Wesley as a leader was associated with Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, and others. The largest Methodist body in the United States is the Methodist Church, formed by the union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church.
—adjective Pertaining to, belonging to, like, or typical of this church or its doctrines. [<METHOD + -IST]
—Meth′od·ism noun
—Meth′od·is′tic, Meth′od·is′ti·cal adjective