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Disciple
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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 \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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