"Disciple" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Disciples [plural]
Etymology: A proprialization of disciple. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Disciple (plural Disciples)
  1. Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.
    Sense id: en-Disciple-en-noun-CiE~pPFn Categories (other): Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Slovene translations Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 39 13 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 39 13 48
  2. One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles. Translations (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus): حَوَارِيّ (ḥawāriyy) (note: used by Muslims) [masculine] (Arabic), تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ) (note: used by Christians) [masculine] (Arabic), apostel (Dutch), opetuslapsi (Finnish), lærisveinn [masculine] (Icelandic), 弟子 (deshi) (Japanese), apostol [masculine] (Slovene), lärjunge (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Disciple-en-noun--hqqQwn9 Categories (other): Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Slovene translations Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 39 13 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 39 13 48 Disambiguation of 'one of the twelve disciples of Jesus': 32 57 11
  3. Ellipsis of Disciple of Christ (“member of a particular religious group”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Disciple of Christ (extra: member of a particular religious group) Related terms: discipleship
    Sense id: en-Disciple-en-noun-tK~LRfdx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 17 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 17 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 17 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 33 12 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 20 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 37 15 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 39 13 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 39 13 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 37 15 48

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "one of the twelve disciples of Jesus",
      "word": "apostel"
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      "sense": "one of the twelve disciples of Jesus",
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "lærisveinn"
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      "sense": "one of the twelve disciples of Jesus",
      "word": "弟子"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "one of the twelve disciples of Jesus",
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      "sense": "one of the twelve disciples of Jesus",
      "word": "lärjunge"
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