methodist

noun

1. A member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan.

   “The question, which visibly moved Clinton, delves into an area of the candidate’s life that is deeply personal but rarely discussed. Clinton’s friends and confidants describe the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does.”

   “After years of debate, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last week to settle the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.”

2. One who follows a method.
3. One who limits the domain of science to that which can be investigated using the scientific method.

   “The story about Popper's actual epistemological commitments is at odds with the expectations for the father of the natural scientific method, the one revered by those who swear by their datasets as well as reviled as a banal "methodist" in the well-known essay by political theorist Sheldon Wolin:”

4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Methodist.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to the branch of Christianity that descends from the religious societies overseen by John Wesley (1703–1791) among others.

   “Clinton’s faith is something she developed as a child growing up in Park Ridge, Illinois, attending the suburb’s First Methodist Church.”