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dis·ci·ple    Audio Help   [di-sahy-puhl] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
–noun
1.Religion.
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.(initial capital letter) 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.
–verb (used with object)
5.Archaic. to convert into a disciple.
6.Obsolete. to teach; train.

[Origin: 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]

dis·ci·ple·like, adjective
dis·ci·ple·ship, noun

4. See pupil1.
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dis·ci·ple    Audio Help   (dĭ-sī'pəl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another.
    2. An active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy.
  1. often Disciple One of the original followers of Jesus.
  2. Disciple A member of the Disciples of Christ.


[Middle English, from Old English discipul and from Old French desciple, both from Latin discipulus, pupil, from discere, to learn; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

dis·ci'ple·ship' n.
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disciple 
O.E. discipul (fem. discipula), Biblical borrowing from L. discipulus "pupil," from *discipere "to grasp intellectually, analyze thoroughly," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + capere "take" (see capable).

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disciple

noun
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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disciple [diˈsaipl] noun
a person who believes in the teaching of another, especially one of the original followers of Christ
Example: Jesus and his twelve disciples.
Arabic: تِلْميذ (من تلامِذَة المَسيح)
Chinese (Simplified): 门徒
Chinese (Traditional): 門徒
Czech: učedník
Danish: discipel; tilhænger
Dutch: discipel
Estonian: jünger
Finnish: opetuslapsi
French: disciple
German: der Jünger, der Schüler
Greek: οπαδός, μαθητής
Hungarian: tanítvány
Icelandic: lærisveinn
Indonesian: pengikut, murid
Italian: discepolo
Japanese: 弟子
Korean: 제자, 신도, 그리스도의 제자
Latvian: māceklis; sekotājs
Lithuanian: mokinys, pasekėjas, apaštalas
Norwegian: disippel, læresvein
Polish: apostoł, uczeń
Portuguese (Brazil): discípulo
Portuguese (Portugal): discípulo
Romanian: dis­cipol
Russian: апостол
Slovak: nasledovník, žiak, apoštol
Slovenian: učenec
Spanish: discípulo
Swedish: lärjunge, anhängare
Turkish: havari
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Disciple

Con`dis*ci"ple\, n. [L. condiscipulus. See Disciple.] A schoolfellow; a fellow-student. [R.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Disciple

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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