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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Examples of "disciple" in Sentences

  • All the disciples praised him.
  • He was a doctrinaire disciple of Marcellus.
  • A Lewis disciple, he was indiscreet about his teacher.
  • He was a disciple of Diogenes of Sinope, the Cynic philosopher.
  • He was the disciple of Purandara Dasa and the teacher of Tansen.
  • His disciples were highly perturbed at the absence of their guru.
  • He was the disciple and successor of Epicurus as head of the school.
  • Porphyry was also opposed to the theurgy of his disciple Iamblichus.
  • In the eyes of contemporary people what the disciple did was outrageous.
  • It wasn't just the inexorable working of the law of diminishing disciples.

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