orthodox
see also: Orthodox
Etymology
Orthodox
Adjective
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see also: Orthodox
Etymology
From Late Middle English orthodoxe, from Middle French orthodoxe and its etymon Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος, from ὀρθός + δόξα.
Pronunciation Adjectiveorthodox
- Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology. [from 15th c.]
- Synonyms: homodox
- Antonyms: heretical, heterodox, inorthodox, nonorthodox, unorthodox
- 2005, Alister E McGrath, Iustitia Dei:
- 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.
- Synonyms: homodox
- Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted. [1640s]
- Synonyms: conservative, conventional
- Antonyms: liberal, outlandish, unorthodox
- 1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter VII, in Alice or The Mysteries […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC ↗, book III, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433074938808;view=1up;seq=8 pages 297–298]:
- 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.
- Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox. [1772]
- Antonyms: Roman Catholic, Western Christianity
- Of a branch of Judaism. [1853]
- Antonyms: liberal, Reform Judaism
- (botany) Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content. [c. 1975]
- Antonyms: recalcitrant
- French: orthodoxe
- German: orthodox
- Italian: ortodosso
- Portuguese: ortodoxo
- Russian: ортодокса́льный
- Spanish: ortodoxo
- French: orthodoxe
- German: orthodox
- Italian: ortodosso
- Portuguese: ortodoxo
- Russian: общепри́нятый
- Spanish: ortodoxo
Orthodox
Adjective
orthodox
- (Christianity) Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Churches collectively.
- (Christianity, loosely) Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.
- (Judaism) Of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism.
- (Quakerism) 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.
- 2006, Martha Paxson Grundy, The Evolution of a Quaker Community: Middletown Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1750-1850:
- [...which] Doherty hypothesized as the controlling variable for predicting who would become Orthodox or who would be Hicksite.
- French: orthodoxe
- German: orthodox
- Italian: ortodosso
- Portuguese: ortodoxo
- Russian: правосла́вный
- Spanish: ortodoxo
- Portuguese: ortodoxo
- Russian: ортодоксальный (иудаизм)
orthodox
- (uncommon) An Orthodox Christian.
- 1984, David Gillard (ed.), British documents on foreign affairs: Reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print, Part I: From the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War, Series B: The Near and Middle East, 1856-1914, page 31.
- The Greek Catholic priesthood, who proselytize among the Orthodoxes, are specially favoured, and donations are given for Masses in the churches of the Capuchin and the Franciscan Friars.
- 1984, David Gillard (ed.), British documents on foreign affairs: Reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print, Part I: From the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War, Series B: The Near and Middle East, 1856-1914, page 31.
- (rare) An Orthodox Jew.
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