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Orthodox

//ˈɔɹθədɑks// adj, noun

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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
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

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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