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Disciple Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disciple? [n] someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disciple: adherent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disciple: accepter \| adherent \| admirer \| aficionado \| Ambrose of Milan \| ante-Nicene Fathers \| apostle \| appendage \| apprentice \| Athanasius \| attendant \| Barnabas \| Basil \| believer \| buff \| catechumen \| cavaliere servente \| Christian \| churchgoer \| churchite \| churchman \| Clement of Alexandria \| Clement of Rome \| cohort \| communicant \| convert \| courtier \| creature \| Cyprian of Carthage \| Cyril of Jerusalem \| daily communicant \| dangler \| dependent \| devotee \| devotionalist \| dummy \| enthusiast \| evangelist \| fan \| fanatic \| figurehead \| flunky \| follower \| following \| gillie \| God-fearing man \| good Christian \| goon \| Gregory of Nyssa \| hanger-on \| henchman \| Hermas \| homme de cour \| Ignatius \| Irenaeus \| jackal \| Jerome \| John \| John Chrysostom \| Justin Martyr \| lackey \| Lactantius Firmianus \| learner \| Luke \| man \| Mark \| minion \| myrmidon \| neophyte \| Origen \| Papias \| parasite \| partisan \| Paul \| Peter \| pietist \| Polycarp \| proselyte \| public \| pupil \| puppet \| pursuer \| pursuivant \| receiver \| religionist \| saint \| satellite \| scholar \| sectary \| shadow \| stooge \| student \| successor \| supporter \| sycophant \| tagtail \| tail \| Tertullian \| theist \| thug \| trainbearer \| truster \| votary \| ward heeler \| zealot See Also \| absolutist \| amoralist \| animist \| antinomian \| Apostle \| Aristotelean \| Aristotelian \| Arminian \| diabolist \| dualist \| follower \| Hinayanist \| Hussite \| Jainist \| Lamaist \| Lutheran \| Mahayanist \| Mithraist \| Peripatetic \| Rasta \| Rastafarian \| Satanist \| Shintoist \| Sikh \| Socinian \| Tantrist \| Tao \| Taoist \| Trinitarian \| Unitarian \| votary \| Zen Buddhist \| Zoroastrian Disciple In Webster's Dictionary \Disci"ple\, n. [OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple, fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to teach; see {Docile}) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive, as in L. pellere to drive (see {Pulse}).] One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. {The disciples}, or {The twelve disciples}, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called {the apostles}. {Disciples of Christ}. See {Christian}, n., 3, and {Campbellite}. Syn: Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent. \Disci"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discipled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discipling}.] 1. To teach; to train. [Obs.] That better were in virtues discipled. --Spenser. 2. To punish; to discipline. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 3. To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles. [R.] Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. --E. D. Griffin.

Disciple Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disciple?

[n] someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disciple: adherent

Disciple In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*ci"ple\, n. [OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple,
fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to
teach; see {Docile}) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive,
as in L. pellere to drive (see {Pulse}).]
One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a
learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in
the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in
doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our
Savior.

{The disciples}, or {The twelve disciples}, the twelve
   selected companions of Jesus; -- also called {the
   apostles}.

{Disciples of Christ}. See {Christian}, n., 3, and
   {Campbellite}.

Syn: Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.


\Dis*ci"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discipled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Discipling}.]
1. To teach; to train. [Obs.]

         That better were in virtues discipled. --Spenser.

2. To punish; to discipline. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

3. To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or
   principles. [R.]

         Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. --E.
                                               D. Griffin.

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