noun one who observes method.
2. methodist ·adj of or pertaining to the sect of methodists; as, methodist hymns; a methodist elder.
3. methodist ·noun one of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.
4. methodist ·noun a person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties;
sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.
5. methodist ·noun one of a sect of christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "holy club," formed at oxford university, ·a.d. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were john wesley and his brother charles;
originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.