имя существительное 1) ученик, последователь; поборник, приверженец, сторонник Например: ardent / devoted disciple — преданный ученик fanatical disciple — фанатичный последователь Синоним(ы): adherent, follower, student 2) [религия] ученик (Христа), апостол Например: one of the disciples of Christ — один из учеников Христа, один из апостолов
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English discipul and Anglo-French disciple, from Late Latin and Latin; Late Latin discipulus follower of Jesus Christ in his lifetime, from Latin, pupil 1. one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another: as a. one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ's followers according to the Gospel accounts b. a convinced adherent of a school or individual 2. capitalized a member of the Disciples of Christ founded in the United States in 1809 that holds the Bible alone to be the rule of faith and practice, usually baptizes by immersion, and has a congregational polity Synonyms: see follower • discipleship noun