disciple

disciple
disciplelike, adj.discipleship, n.
/di suy"peuhl/, n., v., discipled, discipling.
n.
1. Relig.
a. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ.
b. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1.
c. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
2. any follower of Christ.
3. (cap.) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
4. a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another; follower: a disciple of Freud.
v.t.
5. Archaic. to convert into a disciple.
6. Obs. to teach; train.
[bef. 900; ME < AF, OF < L discipulus, equiv. to dis- DIS-1 + -cip(ere), comb. form of capere to take + -ulus -ULE; r. ME deciple < AF de(s)ciple; r. OE discipul < L, as above]
Syn. 4. See pupil1.

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