disciple l^ 4 ? 
. [< ME. dtaajph, ietctple. disciplinaria, . Plural of < 
< ( >K. ditaple, desciple. F. disciplinarian (di? 1 i-pli-na'ri-an), a. and n. [< 
Sp. discumlo = Pg. du- dtscti'linary + -an.] L a. Pertaining to disci- 
the pline. 
What en 
gospels translate L. diseipitlta by i 
emikt, lit. -learning-boy' (nee kmakt), a 
engaged in learning) = D. Dan. Sw. dtscipet, < 
L. discipul**, a learner. < dartre, learn, akin to 
doctre. teach.] 1. A learner; a scholar; one 
who receives or professes to receive instruc- 
tion from another : as, the disciples of Plato. 
And grete well Chaucer, when ye mete, 
As my daeifit and my poete. 
Oiissr, i 
2. A follower; 
of another. 
To bis ducipUt, men who in his Uf e 
Still followed him; to them shall leare in charge 
To teach all nations what of him they learn d. 
Andhissalratian. Jfittcn, P. L., xii. 8. 
rneesmtlie prosecution of 
OaaaOs, Vanity of D 
1. One who disciplines. <) one who 
iadpka, and practices. [Bare.) <) One 
dptmeV a martinet : at, be is a good rfu- 
disclaim 
; .rrection : chastisement ; punishment in- 
flicted by way of correction and training : hence, 
edification or correction by means of misfortune 
or suffering. 
Dadflimt is not only the remoTall of disorder, tat, if 
any risible shape can be riven to dMa* thine*, the rery 
risible shape and tag of tertne. 
^ W-B. w. . | 
*> *- 
Without titdfttmt, the fa 
Like a Deflected f onater, 
VIII 
an adherent of the doctrines 
s of Christ. () The twelre men specially called 
A by Jess. Christ to be his imasedkuasiociatea 
or follower, inring the three yean of his a%tatiy._() A 
tlu yean 
f CfcristiaM 
founded ta the United 
States by Thomas and Alexander Campbell, father and 
on (orbjteaQy biah PresbytertansX d trst. 
the latter a. a 
. 'SfffS^S 
sisapty CMMfans, tiseTLsTof 
%*?) V T^' 
which all Cfc , 
all formalaa or creedV but the Bible itself; but 
lief la generally orthodox or erangeUcal, 
doctrine of theTrmity. " 
itothedenomi 
i a snadent and Infallible row of 
':'. ;'---'. discip 
Ha, being a strict aSaan.nn, wosddpanWi their *. 
cioos manners. Filler, Holy War, IT. li 
He was a Tiif|i>i.arii. too, of the ant order. Woe 
toanyBnlnekyaokUerwhodidnotholduphisheadand 
turn out his toes when on panda. 
Ining, Knickerbocker, p. Sift 
2f. A Puritan or Presbyterian : so called from 
his rigid adherence to religious discipline. 
They draw those that dissent into dislike with the stale, 
'anr 
Bp. Stmtrrxm, Pax Ecclesije. 
, (dis'i-pli-na'ri-um), n. ; pi. dis- 
(-$). [ML., neut. of diseiplinarins, 
see disciplinary.] A scourge for peniten- 
tial flogging. 
A sharp 
of half a oratory had 
catena. 
6. That which serves to instruct or train; spe- 
cifically, a course of study; a science or an art. 
Though theRi 
md ante the 
be in thbcolkffe 
Arittotdaan, yet they do not 
C. Jfarter, Mag. Chris., p. SIX. 
Baring agreed that Metaphyiica^or the adeacerftk* 
whether it should be detached from* the*irilrnw1meh 
sererally I 
a separate Di,ci r Vi, . . 
Comic's - " w 
or whether. In 
(dis'i-pli-na-ri), o. [= F. ditei- 
. duetpiiMrto = Pg. difdpKnar = 
It, difftptimario, < ML. disopirnarimf, pertaining 
to discipline, < L. ducipltna, discipline : see dig- 
f -. i k . * _.__ 
dpline,'*.] 1. Pertaining to or of the nature 
of discipline; promoting discipline or orderly 
conduct. 
The eriU of life, pain, sickness, losses, sorrows, dan- 
gen, and disappointments, are disciplinary and remedial. 
i > - 
t 
they are congtrnUntnl They hare repreaentatiTei 
eat Britain and iu colonial pMseaaVaa, bat exlat in 

the create** aa 
portion* of the United statea-Tna aerentr dlsclplea. 
fei the Mormon C*., a body o( men who rank in the hie- 
rarchy next after the twelre apostles. SjB. 1. Pupil, stu- 
diaciple (dwn'pl, formerly dis'i-pl), r. t. ; pret. 
and pp. diffiplrd, ppr. disciplimg. [< diteiple, 
n. Also contracted dusple, q. v.J 1. To teach ; 
train; educate. [Bare.] 
That better were in Tcrtaea diVytoa 1 . 
Then with raioe poemea weeds to hare their (ancie* fed. 
Sptnter, T. Q., IT., ProL 
Specifically 2. Used for self-inflicted torture 
as a means of penance : as, a disciplinary belt 
(one to which are attached sharp points which 
penetrate the skin). 3. Pertainingto the train- 
ing or regulation of the mind ; developing ; ma- 
turing. 
Studio wherein oar noble and gentle youth ought to 
bestow their time in a dueijrfiM/y way. 
Xaton, Education. 
There to a knowledge of history for ordinary practical 
anoaea which may be acquired without either the lore 
SF fc subject or going Ifcjinit the eurijrfiMry study of 
it by way o( culture. 
StuMw, Medieral and Modern Hist, p. 107. 
2. To make a disciple or disciples of ; convert to disciplinatet (dis'i-pli-nat), c. f. [< ML. ditti- 
the doctrines or principles of another. [Bare.] plinatu^, pp. of disciplinare, discipline: see dis- 
Thi authority he employed in sending missionariei to ciplinr, r. J To discipline. 
,npfe all nations. E.D.Grif. A pedagogue, one not a little rened to the diaapJuutf- 
3t To punish ; discipline. i*g of the Juvenal frie. 
discipleship(di-si'pf-ship), . [< diteiple + SirP.Sidi*,, Wanstead PUy.p.61. 
Fhe state of being a disciple or follow- discipline (dis'i-plin). . [< *TK- discipline, 
er of another in doctrines and precepts. John- 
ton. 
disciplesst (di-si'ples), . [< disciple + -ess.] 
A female student or follower. [Bare.] 
She was afterwards recommended to a rlinslnif of the 
said lady, named Athea, and made snnarniaae of a mon- 
astery of the ladies. Spetd, Egbert, VH. xxxt i SX 
disciplinable (dis'i-plin-a-bl), a. [= F. dtsci- 
plinable = Sp. dudplimiSle = Pg. ditdpUnarel 
1 ' , < ML. disciplinabilis, docile 
(cf. LL. disciplinabilis. to be learned by teach- 
ing), < L. ditdptima, teaching, discipline: see 
,detetpline, 
duciplimabaif, 
>. dudptiita, 
e, .] 1. Ca 
= It. disciplinabile, < ML. 
WWhMM 
discipline, n.] 1. Capable of "being disciplined 
by instruction and of improvement in learning. 
An excellent capacitie of wit that maketh him more 
sKriWiiiM and imitatine then any other creature. 
fnntasi, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 118. 
2. Capable of being made matter of discipline: 
as. a disciplinable offense in church govern- 
ment. 3. Subject or liable to discipline, as 
a member of a church. 
disciplinableness (dis'i-plin-a-bl-nes), . The 
state of being disciplinable, or amenable to in- 
struction or discipline. 
We and In ****-"** . . . smnKhtng of sagu Ity, prori- 
discepline, aisgipline, J UT. discipline, aescepune, 
decipline, desepline, F. discipline = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
It. disciplina = D. discipline = G. Dan. Sw. dis- 
ciplin, < L. disciplina, also uncontr. discipulina, 
teaching, instruction, training, < dixcipul*s, a 
learner, disciple: see disciple, n.] 1. Mental 
and moral training, either under one's own guid- 
ance or under that of another : the cultivation 
of the mind and formation of the manners ; in- 
struction and government, comprehending the 
communication of knowledge and the regula- 
tion of practice ; specifically, training to act in 
accordance with rules; drill: a, military disci- 
pline; monastic discipline. 
Mi dere sone, first thi suf able 
With al thin herte to 
. Bute, Orlg. of Mankind, p. 10. 
disciplinal (dis'i-plin-al), a. [< ML. disapli- 
nalis. < L. disciplina, discipline : see discipline.] 
Belating to or of the nature of discipline ; dis- 
ciplinary. [Bare.] 
ss*(K.T.8.Xp.I7. 
To the stndie of religion I doe Joyne the dunpiine of 
aaaners, and all drill doctrine and hyrtories. 
T. Brmnu, A Hitch Storehouse (1570), foL 14. 
alao their ear to dudfKme. JobxxxrLia 
_ .and, quitting natures part. 
Obey the nlea and rfiscsftuM of art. 
Drfden, tr. of Virgil's Oeorgics, ii. 
2. A set or system of rules and regulations: 
a method of regulating practice : as, the disci- 
pline prescribed for the church. 
To gire them the Inventory of their eatea aforenand 
were Use tSsn-hat of a tarera. 
wn, 
O. a. Lrmi, Proba. of Life and Mind, L L lea. 
6. An instrument of punishment; a scourge, 
or the like, used for religious penance. See 
<fo<-ip/iiarii<m.-Book of DUdnUne, in the Mak. 
Efit. Cn., the common dfsignstinn oT s rotuate published 
qnadrennially. after the iai<liia of the General Confer- 
eW, enUUed'-Tne Doctrines and Discipline of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church."- Booka of IXxiptlne, two docu- 
ments constituting the original standards o< goTernment 
for the Churdtof Scotland, knial reapectlTely as the 
Fir* and the Stand Boot <tf DucifUi*. The formnr, 
adopted by an assemblage of reformers led by John Knox 
in January, 1561, dealt only with the goTemment of indi- 
rldnal churches or congregations: the latter, adopted by 
the General Assembly in April, 157s, all ill* 1 1 episcopacy 
snd regulated the organtaation and runrtioes of the rari- 
ou governing bodies or ecdeaiastical courts of the church. 
Neither was ratifled by the state suthorities. but they were 
generally accepteJ, and were the groundwork of the ulti- 
mate constitution of the church. Discipline of the 
Merwt(sct>fas arcw), a phrase designating thecmv 
toni of secrecy practised in the early church concerning 
certain of it rites n.i doctrines. = 87n.l and J.rraijM'n, 
Education, etc. See imtnutitm. 
discipline (dis'i-plin), r. t. ; pret. and pp. dit- 
ciplined, ppr. disciplining. [< ME. disciplines, 
< OF. discipliner, disceplener, deeepliner, F. dis- 
cipliner = Pr. Sp. Pg. digciplinar = It. discipli- 
nare = D. difdplineren = G. discipliniren = Dan. 
discipliHere = Sw. discipline. < ML. discipli- 
nare, subject to discipline, chastise, < L. disci- 
pline discipline : see discipline, .] 1. To train 
or educate; prepare by instruction: specifi- 
cally. to teach rules and practice, and accustom 
to order and subordination; drill: as, to disci- 
pline troops. 
The High-landers nocking to him (the Marquis of Mon- 
treal from all quarters, though ill armed and worse dit- 
eipKn'd, made him underralue any enemy who. be thought, 
was yet to encounter him. Mitton, Areopagitica. 
They were with care prepared and ditciflintd for con- 
flnnation. Addi*m, Defence of Christ. Kelig. 
It is not by turning over libraries, bat by repeatedly 
perusing and intently contemplating a few great models, 
that the mind is best ducipK^td. 
Maraulay, Athenian Orators. 
That delightful labor of the imagination which is not 
mere arMtrarinesa, but the exercise of disciplined power 
combining and constructing with the clearest eye for 
probabilities and the fullest obedience to knowledge. 
6. Eliot, Middlemarch, L 180. 
2. To correct ; chastise ; punish. 
Has be ditciplird Anndius soundly? Skat., Cot., ii. L 
Half a donen wretched ereatures, who with then- faces 
coTered, but naked to the waist, are in a side chapel da- 
eiflininf themaelTes with scourges full of Iron prickles. 
Gray, Letters, L . 
Specifically 3. To execute the laws of a 
church upon (an offender). 4. To keep in 
subjection; regulate; govern. 
B. Jo***, Cynthla-i Kerch, Ind. 
Learing indhrldaal cases, which may be 
e said that no system 
out of tfcjht. it may be s 
will bear the strain of 
ide 
xperie 
of 
hic 
that duciflinal use of srtinaalpata. 
BMiotMee*. Sacra, XLV. g. 
Discip] inant (dis'i-plin-ant), n. [< ML. disci- 
j>linan(t-~ts, ppr. of disciplinare, subject to di- 
cipline: see discipline, r.] One of a religious 
order formerly existing in Spain, so called from 
to rule; submissiveness to con- 
lienee to rules and commands: as, 
their practice of scourging themselves in pub- the school was under good discipline. 
lie and inflicting upon themselves otner severe The moat perfect, who have their passions In the beat 
3. S-;r. 
trol: o' 
=Syn. 1. To train, tons, edncnte, bdtrnct, driu, regulate. 
discipliner (dis'i-plin-er), n. One who disci- 
plines. 
Had an angel been his d itcipiinrr. 
M Hum, Areopagttsea. 
difldssion (di-rish'on), n. [< LL. <Kwwo(-), 
separation, division, < L. diseindere, pp. di$tis- 
1*1, cut apart: see disfind.] A cutting asun- 
der. [Now only in technical use.] 
80 gentle Venus to Mercurios dares 
Descend, and toda an easy Intriinilnann. 
Oto ope that asnr curtain by a swift ditriavm. 
Dr. fTjr^. fiycnartjanmia, 1IL JiL 48. 
Of cataract, an operation for cataract hi the 
A neefflehinSidncedinto the lenOreak^U 
tt?beerated eapasSeT^fce tesMbaUne* to In 
tortures. 
_ (dis-klam'), [<OF.< 
, < ML. disdamare, renounce, disavow, < 
