disciples

1. The followers of Jesus , who adhered to his teaching and transmitted it to others. The Twelve Apostles were the disciples closest to Jesus.

Notes

In general, a disciple is an active follower of a leader or movement, religious or otherwise.

Example Sentences

As Wallnau put it in an essay printed in the 2013 volume Invading Babylon, “We need more disciples in the right place, the high places. The world is a matrix of overlapping systems or spheres of influence. We are called to go into the entire matrix and invade every system with an influence that liberates that system’s fullest potential.”

From Slate

That equation—embedding a racist and misogynistic view of social order in a religious ideology—is recognizable as the playbook followed by Falwell’s descendants and disciples in the 2016 election of Donald Trump.

From Slate

The big Bitcoin disciples could still wind up not just rich but ideologically vindicated.

From Slate

At the Spahn Ranch near Chatsworth, Manson assigned Fromme to take care of the blind, elderly owner, who was allowing the Manson clan to stay on his property, and by Bugliosi’s account, enjoyed the sexual attentions of the female disciples.

From Los Angeles Times

And yet it was from the ranks of the poor that Jesus and his disciples led a non-violent revolution for peace.

From Salon

Related Words

• audience
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• flock
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