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dis⋅ci⋅ple

[di-sahy-puhl] 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 pupil 1 .
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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