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Definition of circuit rider in English: circuit ridernoun North American historical A clergyman who travelled on horseback from church to church, especially within a rural Methodist circuit. Example sentencesExamples - He'd learned that a Baptist circuit rider had spoken out against phrenology, calling it an enemy of Christian religion.
- He very likely heard such famous circuit riders as Havens and Cartwright, as they were not strangers to south central Indiana and the Wabash River valley.
- And in the 1770s, circuit riders such as the Reverend Devereux Jarrett organized thousands into Methodist societies, mostly in Maryland and Virginia.
- The Methodists flourished through their system of circuit riders, in which one trained clergy person supervised the work of numerous congregations.
- My great-grandfather was a Methodist circuit rider in Texas.
Definition of circuit rider in US English: circuit ridernounˈsərkət ˌrīdər North American historical A clergyman who traveled on horseback from church to church, especially within a rural Methodist circuit. Example sentencesExamples - And in the 1770s, circuit riders such as the Reverend Devereux Jarrett organized thousands into Methodist societies, mostly in Maryland and Virginia.
- My great-grandfather was a Methodist circuit rider in Texas.
- The Methodists flourished through their system of circuit riders, in which one trained clergy person supervised the work of numerous congregations.
- He very likely heard such famous circuit riders as Havens and Cartwright, as they were not strangers to south central Indiana and the Wabash River valley.
- He'd learned that a Baptist circuit rider had spoken out against phrenology, calling it an enemy of Christian religion.
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