strangely warmed

English

Etymology

First used by Anglican/Methodist theologian John Wesley.

Adjective

strangely warmed (comparative more strangely warmed, superlative most strangely warmed)

1. (Methodism) Experiencing a fervent spiritual experience.
   • 2012, Kenneth L. Vaux, The Ministry of Vincent Van Gogh in Religion and Art, page 31:

     He may indeed have known St. Botolph's Church there at the gate where the heart of John Wesley was “strangely warmed” in his encounter with the Moravians as he listened to the scholarly words of Martin Luther's preface to Paul's letter to the Romans.