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Disciple
//dɪˈsaɪ.pəl// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
- 2 Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.
- 3 someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another wordnet
- 4 An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.
"And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples."
- 5 One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles.
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- 6 A wretched, miserable-looking man. Ireland
- 7 Ellipsis of Disciple of Christ (“member of a particular religious group”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Verb
- 1 To convert (a person) into a disciple. transitive
- 2 To train, educate, teach. transitive
"fraile youth is oft to follie led, / Through false allurement of that pleasing baite, / That better were in vertues discipled […]"
- 3 To train, educate, teach.; To routinely counsel (one's peer or junior) one-on-one in their discipleship of Christ, as a fellow affirmed disciple. transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul (“disciple, scholar”), from Latin discipulus (“pupil, learner”). Later influenced or superseded in Middle English by Old French deciple.
Etymology 2
From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul (“disciple, scholar”), from Latin discipulus (“pupil, learner”). Later influenced or superseded in Middle English by Old French deciple.
Etymology 3
A proprialization of disciple.
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