disciple
IPA: dɪsˈaɪpʌɫ
Root Word: Disciple
noun
- Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.
- One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles.
- A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
- An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.
- (Ireland) A wretched, miserable-looking man.
- Short for Disciple of Christ (“member of a particular religious group”). [A member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada.]
verb
- (religion, transitive) To convert (a person) into a disciple.
- (religion, transitive) To train, educate, teach.
- (Christianity, certain denominations) To routinely counsel (one's peer or junior) one-on-one in their discipleship of Christ, as a fellow affirmed disciple.
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