wesleyan

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Thus the government employed ministers of other denominations, chiefly the wesleyan, as religious instructors; sometimes with the express sanction of the chaplains.

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  1. Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
  2. One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.

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  1. a follower of Wesleyanism
  2. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley

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  • Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan Unversity, wesleyan. edu / cfa pre-concert talk 7: 15 —  Hartford Advocate: News
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  • Thus the government employed ministers of other denominations, chiefly the wesleyan, as religious instructors; sometimes with the express sanction of the chaplains. —  The History of Tasmania, Volume I
  • The denominations selected to supply religious teaching were the episcopalian, wesleyan, and Roman catholic. —  The History of Tasmania , Volume II
  • The wesleyan ministers found a kindly welcome and an open field. —  The History of Tasmania, Volume I
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