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Definition of John Wesley
1. Noun. English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791).
Generic synonyms: Clergyman, Man Of The Cloth, Reverend
Derivative terms: Wesleyan
Lexicographical Neighbors of John Wesley
Literary usage of John Wesley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"John Wesley, the father of the doctrinal and practical system of Methodism, ...
John Wesley was the son of Samuel Wesley (qv), a graduate of Oxford, ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"LIFE OF John Wesley 1820 Few persons could have been found, we think, better
qualified for the undertaking than Mr. Southey has shown himself to be. ..."
3. The German Element in the United States with Special Reference to Its by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"There he was introduced to the Reverend Mr. Spangen- berg, later bishop of the
Moravian Church, and to the Moravian pastor, Boehler, from whom, John Wesley ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1913)
"[John Wesley, founder of 'the people called Methodists,' was the second son of
Samuel Wesley, Rector of Epworth. He was bom June 17, I703- Educated at the ..."
5. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1908)
"John Wesley IN HIS OWN DAY. BY CANON OVERTON, DD Two hundred years ago—to be
quite accurate, on June 17 (OS), 1703—was born at Epworth Rectory, ..."
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