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discipleship
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Discipleship \Dis*ci"ple*ship\, n.
The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and
precepts.
--Jer. Taylor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from disciple + -ship.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The condition of being a disciple 2 (context countable English) The period during which a person is a disciple
WordNet
n. the position of disciple
Usage examples of "discipleship".
But those who cannot understand sacramentarianism may dismiss it far too easily, for though there be here danger of a mechanical formulism, the sacraments themselves may become part of a spiritual discipline through which the lives of men and women are so profoundly changed as in the most clear case of conversion, manifesting often a spiritual beauty not to be found in any other conception of Christian discipleship.
So common was the belief in spirits and spirit obsession in the time of the apostles that the ability to cast out evil spirits was considered one of the most important signs of genuine discipleship, and it must be admitted that a considerable portion of the work accredited to Jesus was the casting out of demons.