- ASBURY, Francis
- (1745-1816)a founder of METHODISM in America and one of the first Methodist BISHOPS.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
ASBURY, Francis
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Asbury Park — [after ASBURY Francis] city in EC N.J., on the Atlantic: an ocean resort: pop. 17,000 … English World dictionary
