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English
Etymology
From disciple + -ship.
Noun
discipleship (countable and uncountable, plural discipleships)
- (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, 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.
- (countable) The period during which a person is a disciple.
- Coordinate term: apprenticeship
Translations
condition of being a disciple
period during which a person is a disciple