disciples

Cultural  

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

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

Example Sentences

One of Blumberg’s favorite moments in the film is a scene where a group of sailors, transporting Lee and her disciples to the new world, shout at the Shakers to stop singing.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Vance and his disciples have explained their strategy clearly—if not always coherently.

From The Wall Street Journal

His intellectual bravado has always attracted disciples and acolytes, notably his cultlike following at Cambridge, where he taught in the 1930s and ’40s.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is the case not only with Woolf, Joyce and Stein, but with Ezra Pound and his many disciples, who include T.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

I suspect a lot of this is fed to him by his loyal disciples — and probably some not-so-loyal adversaries.

From Salon

Related Words

• audience
• crowd
• flock
• gathering
• parish
• throng