disciple
See also: Disciple
Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Noun
1.3.1 Synonyms
1.3.2 Related terms
1.3.3 Translations
1.3.4 See also
1.4 Verb
1.4.1 Further reading
2 French
2.1 Etymology
2.2 Pronunciation
2.3 Noun
2.4 Further reading
English
Etymology
From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul m (“disciple; scholar”) and discipula f (“female disciple”), both from Latin discipulus (“a pupil, learner”), from discere (“to learn”); akin to docere (“to teach”). Later influenced or superseded in Middle English by Old French deciple.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪpəɫ/
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Noun
disciple (plural disciples)
- A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
- An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.
- Holy Bible, Matthew 9:10 (King James Version)
- 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.
1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:- 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.
- Holy Bible, Matthew 9:10 (King James Version)
(Ireland) Miserable-looking creature of a man.
Synonyms
- student
Related terms
- discipleship
- disciplic
- discipline
Translations
person who learns from another
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active follower or adherent
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See also
- apostle
Verb
disciple (third-person singular simple present disciples, present participle discipling, simple past and past participle discipled)
(religion, transitive) To convert (a person) into a disciple.
(religion, transitive) To train, educate, teach.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- fraile youth is oft to follie led, / Through false allurement of that pleasing baite, / That better were in vertues discipled […]
- fraile youth is oft to follie led, / Through false allurement of that pleasing baite, / That better were in vertues discipled […]
(Christianity, certain denominations) To routinely counsel (one's peer or junior) one-on-one in their discipleship of Christ, as a fellow affirmed disciple.
- As rough as it can be at first, changing disciplers is often for the best.
Further reading
disciple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
disciple in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French
Etymology
From Old French deciple, borrowed from Latin discipulus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /di.sipl/
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Noun
disciple m (plural disciples)
- disciple
Further reading
- “disciple” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).