disciple

[dih-sahy-puh l] /dɪˈsaɪ pəl/
noun
1.
Religion.
  1. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ.
  2. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1.
  3. 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), discipled, discipling.
5.
Archaic. to convert into a disciple.
6.
Obsolete. to teach; train.
Origin
before 900; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin discipulus, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + -cip(ere), combining form of capere to take + -ulus -ule; replacing Middle English deciple < Anglo-French de(s)ciple; replacing Old English discipul < Latin, as above
Related forms
disciplelike, adjective
discipleship, noun
Synonyms
4. See pupil1 .
Examples from the web for disciple
  • While you are being bigots towards people in business programs someone else is saying the same about your disciple.
  • People will not stop going to college, but they can leave a disciple.
  • Each disciple must be registered to practice in the appropriate professional field.
British Dictionary definitions for disciple

disciple

/dɪˈsaɪpəl/
noun
1.
a follower of the doctrines of a teacher or a school of thought
2.
one of the personal followers of Christ (including his 12 apostles) during his earthly life
Derived Forms
discipleship, noun
discipular (dɪˈsɪpjʊlə) adjective
Word Origin
Old English discipul, from Latin discipulus pupil, from discere to learn
Word Origin and History for disciple
n.

Old English discipul (fem. discipula), Biblical borrowing from Latin discipulus "pupil, student, follower," said to be from discere "to learn" [OED, Watkins], from a reduplicated form of PIE root *dek- "to take, accept" (see decent).

But according to Barnhart and Klein, from a lost compound *discipere "to grasp intellectually, analyze thoroughly," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + capere "to take, take hold of" (see capable). Cf. Latin capulus "handle" from capere. Sometimes glossed in Old English by þegn (see thane).

disciple in the Bible

a scholar, sometimes applied to the followers of John the Baptist (Matt. 9:14), and of the Pharisees (22:16), but principally to the followers of Christ. A disciple of Christ is one who (1) believes his doctrine, (2) rests on his sacrifice, (3) imbibes his spirit, and (4) imitates his example (Matt. 10:24; Luke 14:26, 27, 33; John 6:69).