disciple
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //dɪˈsaɪ.pəl//
A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
noun
- 1
A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
- 2
An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
- 3
A wretched, miserable-looking man.
Etymology
From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul (“disciple, scholar”), from Latin discipulus (“pupil, learner”). Later influenced or superseded in Middle English by Old French deciple.
verb
- 1
To convert (a person) into a disciple.
- 2
To train, educate, teach.
fraile youth is oft to follie led, / Through false allurement of that pleasing baite, / That better were in vertues discipled […]
- 3
To train, educate, teach. To routinely counsel (one's peer or junior) one-on-one in their discipleship of Christ, as a fellow affirmed disciple.
Most recently, messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting passed the resolution On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family, which resolves among many beliefs that “we encourage churches to disciple their members in a biblical view of marriage, sexuality, parenting, and the sanctity of life.”
Forms
- plural
- disciples
- past tense
- discipled
- past participle
- discipled
- present participle
- discipling
- third person singular
- disciples
disciple · A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
Disciple · Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.disciplinary · Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of…discipline · A controlled behaviour; self-control.