Definitions for Discipleship

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dis•ci•pledɪˈsaɪ pəl(n.)

  1. any professed follower of Christ in His lifetime, esp. one of the 12 apostles.

    Category: Religion

  2. (cap.) a member of the Disciples of Christ.

    Category: Religion

  3. a pupil or an adherent of another; follower:

    a disciple of Freud.

    Category: Religion

Origin of disciple:

bef. 900; ME deciple (< AF de(s)ciple), OE discipul < L discipulus=dis-dis -1+-cip(ere), comb. form of capere to take +-ulus -ule

dis•ci′ple•ship`(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. discipleship(noun)

    the position of disciple

Wiktionary

  1. discipleship(Noun)

    The condition of being a disciple

  2. discipleship(Noun)

    The period during which a person is a disciple

Webster Dictionary

  1. Discipleship(noun)

    the state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts


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