discipled

English

Adjective

discipled

1. Having been converted or trained as a disciple or a group of disciples.
   • 1658, Richard Baxter, Certain Disputations of Right to Sacraments, and the True Nature of Visible Christianity..., page 267:

     From whence it is argued, that the Infants of notorious ungodly Parents being Members of a Discipled Nation, may therefore be baptized as such Members.

   • 1990, James W. Sire, Discipleship of the Mind, page 26:

     The bibliography at the end is simply the best general bibliography I know of toward the development of a discipled mind.

   • 2002, Charles E. Lawless, Discipled Warriors, page 17:

     Christ set her free, and she is quick to proclaim that she is "drug free, debt free, and spiritually free." Now she serves others as a discipled warrior in a healthy church.

   • 2011, Vern Middleton ·, Donald McGavran, His Early Life and Ministry:

     Soon missionaries coming out of discipled circles will provide most of the force required by new opportunities.

   • 2013, Dan Wilt, How To Lead Worship Without Being A Rock Star, page 32:

     For worship leaders and teams to effectively build a congregation as a discipled community over time, that team must value their personal lives with God over and above the opportunity to express their personal musical gift on a stage.

   • 2023, Paul A. Hansen, Thematic Expressions for the Lord's Supper:

     See prayer as not just an element of worship but as a powerful tool to shape a discipled character in people.

2. Appropriate for a disciple; as a disciple.
   • 2016, Radner, Time and the Word, page 33:

     These demands have been properly tethered to renewed and repeated scriptural discernment, with the result that scriptural reality resolves exile in different ways: exile, for instance, may refer to a discipled participation in the Cross; or to an ascetic denial and yearning; or to some transtemporal pneumatic embrace; or an agonistic resistance to evil; to penitence; to the long practice of prayer.

   • 2017, Freddie Pimm, The Selfish Gospel: Be Transformed by Giving It All:

     If we accept a selfish gospel then we have no great motivation to engage with a discipled, sacrificial lifestyle.

   • 2018, David Fergusson, The Providence of God: A Polyphonic Approach, page 339:

     But an over-stressed insistence on a discipled suffering may impose too much upon those who struggle with sickness, misfortune, guilt and bereavement.

   • 2023, Caroline Batchelder, Charged with the Glory of God:

     These, I believe, are primary qualifications for a discipled reading.

3. Serving as a student or follower of a mentor or spiritual teacher.
   • 1966, James D. Bales, The Phoenix Papers: If Not Treason, What?, page 75:

     Liu Shao-Chi in How To Be A Good Communist which was kept in print for a time in this country, emphasized that the good Communists must be thoroughly discipled in their philosophy of life; whole-heartedly dedicated even unto death; and he must be willing to participate in any phase of the revolutionary activity – all activity is considered to be revolutionary activity.

   • 1990, H. Revanasiddappa, Alexander to Zia-ul-Haq, an Astrological Interpretation of History, page 56:

     Nanak and his discipled were given a respectful fare well by Baber.

   • 2012, Michael J. Svigel, RetroChristianity: Reclaiming the Forgotten Faith, page 263:

     A discipled person was an apprentice who learned a trade or teaching from a mentor or rabbi .

   • 2024, Fr. Benjamin A Vima, ON THIS DAY Heavenly Food for Spiritual Hunger:

     According to him, if we are truly his discipled followers, at the end of the day he will acknowledge us before his Father and grant all that we need not only in this world but also in the world to come.

Derived terms

• undiscipled

 

Verb

discipled

1. simple past and past participle of disciple