Definitions for disciple

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disciple dis·ci·ple

Spelling: [dih-sahy-puh l]

IPA: /dɪˈsaɪ pəl/

Disciple is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in disciple (cdeiilps).

Definitions for disciple

noun

1. Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. 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:

verb (used with object)

1. Archaic. to convert into a disciple.
2. Obsolete. to teach; train.

Origin of disciple

before 900; Middle English Anglo-French, Old French Latin discipulus, equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + -cip(ere), combining form of capere to take + -ulus

Examples for disciple

The McConnell campaign has already launched attacks against the actress as too liberal, an Obama disciple, and anti-coal.

There they find the great rhetorician and his younger friend and disciple Polus.

Growing up in suburban Philadelphia, I was a disciple of Joe Paterno long before I became a Penn State student.

Self-realized masters can get stern and even appear angry if a disciple openly manifests some undesirable character trait.

Having a guru in a body does not necessarily help a disciple advance spiritually.

He was a disciple of Luther, thirty-six years younger than his master.

The rally was organized by a disciple of Meir Kahane who sits in the Knesset, Michael Ben Ari.

And what is that which the Sophist knows and makes his disciple know?

The disciple of Hegel will hardly become the slave of any other system-maker.

He has for a long time been a useful member of the disciple Church.