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/dɪsˈaɪpəlz əv kraɪst/ Listen

noun

Disciple n. One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior.

The disciples, or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; also called the apostles.

Disciples of Christ. See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite.

Synonyms: Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Christ and the Holy Ghost proceeded from, and are still one with the Father, and as all the disciples of Christ derive their fulness from him, and, in spirit, are inviolately united to him as a branch is to the vine, who can say, but that in one view, what was once mysteriously separated, may as mysteriously, ...

— Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey • Joseph Cottle