holiness movement

proper noun

A Wesleyan-Arminian set of Christian beliefs and practices that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism and emphasize the doctrine of a second work of grace leading to Christian perfection.

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Meanings

proper nounthe holiness movement
  1. ChristianityA Wesleyan-Arminian set of Christian beliefs and practices that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism and emphasize the doctrine of a second work of grace leading to Christian perfection.
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