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[ wes-lee, wez- ] / ˈwɛs li, ˈwɛz- /
nounCharles, 1707–88, English evangelist and hymnist. his brother, John, 1703–91, English theologian and evangelist: founder of Methodism. a male given name. Words nearby WesleyWesermünde, “We Shall Overcome”, Wesker, weskit, Weslaco, Wesley, Wesleyan, Wesleyanism, Wesleyan Methodist, Wesley, John, Wessex Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for WesleyIn 1999, when my older son, Wesley, was in fifth grade, he brought home a copy of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of Reconciliation|Clifton Truman Daniel|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST On Monday, he carried his gun with him to a movie theater in Wesley Chapel, Florida, an exurban community 26 miles north of Tampa. With Guns, the Threatened Can Quickly Become the Threat|David Frum|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Wesley Emerson began producing adult movies in 1975 and only retired a few years ago. Video Killed the Porn Star: The VHS and Fast Forwarding Revolution|Aurora Snow|October 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Actors Wesley Snipes is still a few weeks away from becoming a free man. Out of Jail, Does Wesley Snipes Have a Second Act?|Allison Samuels|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Wesley would only come out to the set for close-ups,” remembers his co-star Patton Oswalt. Out of Jail, Does Wesley Snipes Have a Second Act?|Allison Samuels|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Wesley never had a more earnest follower than this miner of St. Just. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines|R.M. Ballantyne Artists employed their God-given powers in traducing Wesley and his people. The Young People's Wesley|W. McDonald Law was far more than a match for Wesley in any purely intellectual dispute. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton He writes, "I have now preached thrice in Mr. Wesley's chapel, and God was with us of a truth." George Whitefield|Joseph Belcher As soon as Wesley died, his friends round his dead body raised their voices in a hymn, then knelt down and prayed. British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV|Various
British Dictionary definitions for Wesley
nounJohn . 1703–91, English preacher who founded Methodism Mary, pseudonym of Mary Aline Siepmann. 1912–2003, British writer: her novels include The Camomile Lawn (1984) and An Imaginative Experience (1994) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |