disciple (redirected from Disciple (disambiguation))

dis·ci·ple  (d-spl)

n.

1.

a. One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another.

b. An active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy.

2. often Disciple One of the original followers of Jesus.

3. Disciple A member of the Disciples of Christ.

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[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.]

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dis·ciple·ship n.

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disciple [dɪˈsaɪp^əl]

n

1. (Philosophy) a follower of the doctrines of a teacher or a school of thought

2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) one of the personal followers of Christ (including his 12 apostles) during his earthly life

[Old English discipul, from Latin discipulus pupil, from discere to learn]

discipleship  n

discipular  [dɪˈsɪpjʊlə] adj

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disciple, discipline - Disciple comes from a Latin word meaning "learner" and discipline comes from one meaning "instruction, knowledge."

See also related terms for instruction.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

disciple - someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another adherent Zen Buddhist - an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism Mahayanist - an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism Hinayanist - an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism Lamaist - (Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism Tantrist - an adherent of Tantrism Jainist - a believer in Jainism Shintoist - a believer in Shintoism Rasta, Rastafarian - follower of Rastafarianism Mithraist - adherent of Mithraism Zoroastrian - follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism absolutist - one who advocates absolutism amoralist - someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid animist - one who accepts the doctrine of animism antinomian - a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism Apostle - (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel Aristotelean, Aristotelian, Peripatetic - a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism Bahai - a teacher of or believer in Bahaism Tao, Taoist - an adherent of any branch of Taoism clericalist - one who advocates clericalism Donatist - an adherent of Donatism Druse, Druze - an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God; "a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives" dualist - an adherent of dualism follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another Hussite - an adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss Ismaili, Ismailian - an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism Lutheran - follower of Lutheranism Mahdist - an adherent of Mahdism Manichaean, Manichean, Manichee - an adherent of Manichaeism Monophysite - an adherent of Monophysitism Neoplatonist - an adherent of Neoplatonism diabolist, Satanist - an adherent of Satan or Satanism Sikh - an adherent of Sikhism Socinian - an adherent of the teachings of Socinus; a Christian who rejects the divinity of Christ and the Trinity and original sin; influenced the development of Unitarian theology totalitarian - an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government Unitarian - adherent of Unitarianism Trinitarian - adherent of Trinitarianism Arminian - adherent of Arminianism votary - a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; "the cultured votary of science"

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disciple

noun

1. apostle, follower Jesus and his disciples

2. follower, student, supporter, pupil, convert, believer, partisan, devotee, apostle, adherent, proselyte, votary, catechumen a major intellectual figure with disciples throughout Europe
follower leader, teacher, master, guru, swami see the twelve apostles

The Twelve Disciples

Andrew, Bartholomew, James, John, Judas, Jude, Matthew, Peter, Philip, Simon, Thomas

Translations

disciple [dɪˈsaɪpl] N (Rel) → discípulo/a m/f (fig) → discípulo/a m/f, seguidor(a) m/f

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disciple [dɪˈsaɪp^əl] n

(gen) (= follower) [person, philosophy, régime] → disciple m

(= apostle) [Jesus] → disciple m

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disciple

n (lit) → Jünger m; (fig) → Schüler(in) m(f), → Jünger(in) m(f) (usu iro)

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disciple [dɪˈsaɪpl] n (also) (fig) → discepolo/a

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disciple

n disciple [diˈsaipl]

a person who believes in the teaching of another, especially one of the original followers of Christ Jesus and his twelve disciples. leerling, navolger, volgeling تِلْميذ (من تلامِذَة المَسيح) последовател učedník discipel; tilhænger der Jünger, der Schüler οπαδός, μαθητής discípulo jünger پیرو؛ مرید opetuslapsi disciple חָסִיד अनुयायी, शिष्य učenik tanítvány pengikut, murid lærisveinn discepolo 弟子 제자 mokinys, pasekėjas, apaštalas māceklis; sekotājs pengikut discipel disippel, læresvein apostoł, uczeń discípulo dis­cipol апостол nasledovník, žiak, apoštol učenec sledbenik lärjunge, anhängare สานุศิษย์ havari 門徒 учень; послідовник مرید môn đồ 门徒