methodism (methodizm)

[ This system [of medical doctrine] was known as meth odism, its adherents as the methodic i or methodists. Encyc. Brit ., XV. 802. Specifically-2. [ cap.] The doctrines and polity of the Methodist Church. See Methodist Church, under Methodist. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-0558.png:[blocks in formation] Method is tical (meth-o-dis'ti-kal), a . [ odistic + -al.] Same as Methodistic , 2. The precise number of method is tical marks you know best. Bp. Laving ton, Enthusiasm of Methodists and Pa- [pists Compared, p. xii. methodistic ally (meth-o-dis'ti-kal-i), adv . In a methodistic manner; specifically [ cap .], af- ter the manner of the Methodists; as regards Methodism. methodization (method-i-zā'shon), n. [ method is a- tion . The conceptions, then, which we employ for the coll i- gation and methodization of facts do not develop them- selves from within, but are impre ed upon the mind from without. IMG:content-0559.png:[blocks in formation] Containing or related to the radical methyl.- Methylic alcohol, ether, etc. See the nouns. methodologist (meth-o-dol'ō-jist), n. [ meth- odolog -y+ -ist .] One who is versed in or treats of methodology. methodology (meth-o-dol'ō-ji), n. [ -λογία , λέγειν , speak: see- ology .] 1. A branch of logic whose office it is to show how the abstract principles of the science are to be applied to the production of knowledge; the doctrine of definition and division; in a broader sense, the science of method in scien- tific procedure. That part of logic which is conversant with the perfec- tion, with the well-being of thought is the doctrine of method-methodology. The rival originators of modern Methodology , Des cartes on this point: and the latter's warning against the "no- tiones male term in atæ" of ordinary thought is peculiarly needed in ethical discu ion. Conference, which meets every fourth year. In the United States lay delegates have been admitted to the Conference since 1872, and in England since 1880, before which dates the Conference was a purely clerical body. Other Meth- odist churches are: The Welsh Calvin is tic Methodists , Cal- vinistic in theology, formed from the Counte of Hun- tingdon's Connection, which is Congregational in polity; the Methodist New Connection , which gives a larger degree of power to the laity than does the Old Connection; the Bible Christians ; the Primitive Methodists ; the United Methodist Free Churches , a combination of three preex- isting Methodist organizations; and the Wesley an Re- form Union. All the above are British organizations. In the United States, the Methodist Episcopal Church exists in two geographical divisions, the Methodist Episco- pal Church ( North ), and the Methodist Episcopal Church ( South ). There is also an African Methodist Episcopal Church, an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church , the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America , the Union methought (mē-thât'). Preterit of methinks . American Methodist Episcopal Church - all composed en me thrid a tum, n. See mithridatum . 2. A treatise on method. methomania (meth-ō-ma'ni-ä), n. [NL., mead1 ), + μανία, madne .] In pathol . , an irresistible morbid craving for intoxicating substances; dipsoma- nia. +ic.] 1. Of or pertaining to methodism or methodists; characterized by or exhibiting strict adherence to method; hence, strict or exacting, as in religion or morals. Then spare our stage, ye methodistic men! Byron, Hints from Horace. 2. [cap.] Of or pertaining to the Methodist Church; characteristic of the Methodists or Methodism: as, Methodistic principles or prac- tices. methyl (meth'il), n. [ μέθυ , mead, + ύλη , wood.] The hypothetical spirit and its derivatives. It is analogous to methyl-violet (meth-il-vi'ō-let), n. dimethylaniline with chlorid of copper. Also called Paris violet . met hymn i on (meth-im'ni-on), n.; pl. methym- nia (-a). [NL., μετά , after, + ὕμνος, hymn.] In anc. pros., a short colon after an antistrophe. methysis (meth'i-sis), n. [NL., μεθύειν , to be drunken with wine.] In pathol ., drunkenne ; intoxication. metic (met'ik), n. [Irreg. for * metec , μέτοικος , a resident alien, prop. adj., changing one's abode, μετά , over (denoting change), + οἶκος , house, abode: see economy .] An emigrant or immigrant; specifically, in an- cient Greece, a resident alien who in general bore the burdens of a citizen, and had some alien. of the citizen's privileges; hence, any resident To all men, rich and poor, citizens and metics , the com- parative excellence of the democracy was now mani- fest. Grote, Hist. Greece, VI. 2. mitted, on terms more or le hard, to cultivate their lands. W. E. Hearn, Aryan Household, p. 192. meticulous (mē-tik'ū-lus), a. [=F. méticuleux , meticulosus , full of fear, met us , fear.] Timid; over-careful. methylal (meth'il-al), n. [ methyl + al ( cohol ).] Methylene dimethyl ether, CH2(OCH3)2, a li- Measuring. quid product of the oxidation of methylic almeting2+, n. cohol. It has a pleasant odor, and by oxidation meting3t, n. [ME. metynge, mæting , ver- pa es into formic acid. methylamine (meth'il-am-in), n. [ methyl + amine.] A colorle gas (NH2CH3), having a strong ammoniacal odor, and resembling am- monia in many of its reactions. It may be regarded as ammonia (NH3) in which the radical methyl (CH3) has been substituted for a hydrogen atom. When brought in contact with a lighted taper it burns with a livid yellowish flame. Methylamine may be condensed to a liquid; it has not been solidified. It is exceedingly soluble in water, and forms, with acids, crystallizable salts. methylate (meth'i-lāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. Is. Taylor , Wesley and Methodism, p. 106. methylated , ppr. methylating . [ Joseph. The kynges metynge , Pharao. Metis land, in April, 1848.-3. A genus of crustaceans.-4. A genus of mollusks. Adams, 1858. métis (mā-tēs'), n. [F.: see mestizo.] 1. Same as mestizo.-2. In the Dominion of Canada, a half-breed of French and Indian parentage. I am aware that the mixture of French and Indian blood has produced the well-known cla of métis , half-breeds, members of which are found here and there throughout Canada, but these are comparatively few in numbers. Amer. Jour. Philol., VIII. 151. metœcio us (me-te's hi us), a. [NL., metoleic (met-ō'lē-ik), a. [ - Metoleic acid, a liquid acid resulting from the action of sulphuric acid on oleic acid. Metonic (me-ton'ik), a. [ year. See year. metonymic (met-ō-nim'ik), a. [= Pg. metony mico = It. met on i mico, metonymy; used by way of metonymy. metonymical (met-ō-nim'i-kal), a. [ Intricate turnings, by a transumptive and metonymical kind of speech, are called meanders. Drayton, Rosamond to King Henry, note 2. metonymically (met-ō-nim'i-kal-i), adv . By metonymy. metonymy (me-ton'i-mi), n. [F. métonymie = Sp. metonimia = It. metonimia, me to no mia, and close relation. It is a method of increasing the force or comprehensivene of expre ion by the employment of figurative names that call up conceptions or a ociations of ideas not suggested by the literal ones, as Heaven for God, the Sublime Porte for the Turkish government, head and heart for intellect and affection, the town for its inhabitants, the bottle for strong drink, etc. See synecdoche. These and such other speaches, where ye take the name of the Author for the thing it selfe, or the thing conte in ing for that which is contained, & in many other cases do as it were wrong name person thing. So neuerthele e as it may be understood, it is by the figure metonym i a, or misnamer. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 151. metope (met'ō-pē), n. [F. métope = Sp. mé top a = Pg. It. metopa , metopa , μετά , between, + ὁπή , an aperture, hollow.] 1. In arch ., a slab inserted between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, sometimes, especially in late 3742 metopic (me-top'ik), a. [ μετά , between, + ωψ (ώπ-), eye.] Of or pertaining to the forehead: as, a metopic suture.- Metopic point, a point midway between the greatest protuberances of the right and left frontal emi- nences. See craniometry . Metopic suture, the median suture uniting the two halves of the frontal bone, pres- ent in early life and sometimes visible in adult skulls. Also called frontal suture. Metopidius (met-o-pid'i-us), n. [NL. (Wagler, 1832) 1832), μετωπιαίος , of or pertaining to the rehead, IMG:content-0560.jpg:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small] , expanded radius; ", ulna; h. humerus. family Parridæ or Jacanida , characterized by the laminar exp an- sion of the radius and the reduction of the spur metopism (met'ō-pizm), n. [ metop - ic + -ism . ] That character of an adult skull presented in the persistence of a frontal or metopic suture. metoposcopic (met"ō-po-skop'ik), a . [F. mé- to pos cop i que ; as me to pos cop -y + -ic.] Relating to metoposcopy. metoposcopical (met"ō-po-skop'i-kal), a . metoposcopic + -al .] Same as metoposcopic . A physiognomist might have exercised the me to pos cop i- cal science upon it [a face]. metrician (of verse), μέτρον , meter: see meter2 . II. n. = F. métrique = Sp. métrica = Pg. It. metric a = G. Dan. Sw. metrik , metric a , τέχνη ), the art of meter, prosody, fem. of μετρικός , pertaining to meter: see above.] I. a . Having meter or poetic rhythm; pertain- ing to meter or to metrics; metrical. Hesiod with his metric fragments of rustic wisdom. J. S. Blackie. II. n. Same as metrics2 . Let the writer on metric write the poet's scores mathematically. Trans. Amer . Philol . A ., XVI. 87. metric3 (met'rik), a . [ métrique (= Sp. métrico = Pg. It. metrico (after F.), me tricus , pertaining to the system based on the meter, metrum , a meter: see meter3 , and cf. metric1, metric2.] Pertaining to that system of weights and measures of which the meter is the fundamental unit. - Metric system, the system of measurement of which the meter is the fundamental unit. First adopted in France (definitely in 1799), it is in general use in most other civilized countries, except the English-speaking countries, and is now almost universally adopted for scientific measurements. Its use is permitted in Great Britain, and was legalized in the United States in 1866. The meter, the unit of length, was intended to be one ten-millionth part of the earth's meridian quadrant, and is so very nearly. Its length is 39.370 inches. (See meter3.) The unit of surface is the are, which is 100 square meters. The theoretical unit of volume is the stere, which is a cubic meter. The unit of volume for the purposes of the market is the liter, which is the volume of 1 kilogram [ Scott , Abbot, xxxii.