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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 800-900
Language: Latin
Origin: discipulus 'pupil'

disciple

 noun
     
di‧sci‧ple [countable]
1 someone who believes in the ideas of a great teacher or leader, especially a religious one
disciple of
He was also an avid reader and a disciple of Tolstoy.
2RRC one of the first 12 men to follow Christ
—discipleship noun [uncountable]
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