Orthodox

//ˈɔɹθədɑks// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Orthodox Christian. uncommon

    "The Greek Orthodox population of the 62 bishoprics in 1886 numbered 65,549,096. to which the Orthodoxes of the army and navy must be added."

  2. 2
    An Orthodox Jew. rare
Adjective
  1. 1
    Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.

    "Five important modifications were made by the Pietists to the orthodox doctrine of justification, each corresponding to a distinctive aspect of the movement's agenda."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Churches collectively.
  3. 3
    Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.

    "She tattled on: first to one, then to the other—then to all, till she had tattled herself out of breath;—and then the orthodox half hour had expired, and the bell was rung, and the carriage ordered, and Mrs. Hare rose to depart."

  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East. broadly
  5. 5
    Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.
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  1. 6
    Of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism. Judaism
  2. 7
    Of a branch of Judaism.
  3. 8
    Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Quakers, a group of Quakers (subdivided into the Wilburite, Gurneyite and Beaconite branches) who split with the Hicksite Quakers due to favoring adopting mainstream Protestant orthodoxy. Quakerism

    "[...which] Doherty hypothesized as the controlling variable for predicting who would become Orthodox or who would be Hicksite."

  4. 9
    Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.
Adjective
  1. 1
    adhering to what is commonly accepted wordnet
  2. 2
    of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church wordnet

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"Outside the mainstream of orthodox Judaism, the apocalyptic books were more successful with certain movements."

Etymology

From Late Middle English orthodoxe, from Middle French orthodoxe and its etymon Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos), from ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).

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