discipleship

English

Etymology

From disciple +‎ -ship.

Noun

discipleship (countable and uncountable, plural discipleships)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being a disciple.
    Coordinate term: apostleship
    Near-synonyms: followership; apprenticeship, tutelage
    • 1927, Elbert Hubbard, The Notebook of Elbert Hubbard: Mottos, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings and Preachments: Coined from a Life of Love, Laugher and Work‎[1], William H. Wise and Company, page 197:
      The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible—and the man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also. Discipleship is a degenerating process to all parties concerned. People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.
  2. (countable) The period during which a person is a disciple.
    Coordinate term: apprenticeship

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