WESLEYANS
\wˈɛsle͡ɪənz], \wˈɛsleɪənz], \w_ˈɛ_s_l_eɪ_ə_n_z]\
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The followers of John Wesley, whose society had its origin at Oxford, in 1729. The systematic arrangement of their work gained for them the name of Methodists, in allusion to the Methodici, a class of physicians at Rome who practised only by theory. The society became ultimately nonconformist.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.