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orthodox definition

or·tho·dox (ôr′t̸hə däks′)

adjective

  1. conforming to the usual beliefs or established doctrines, as in religion, politics, etc.; approved or conventional [orthodox ideas]; specif.,
    1. conforming to the Christian faith as formulated in the early ecumenical creeds and confessions
    2. strictly conforming to the rites and traditions of Judaism, such as kashrut, the Sabbath, etc., as formulated by the Torah and Talmud
  2. designating or of any of the churches comprised in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Etymology: < Fr or LL: Fr orthodoxe < LL orthōdoxus < LGr(Ec) orthodoxos, orthodox (in religion) < Gr orthos (see ortho-) + doxa, opinion < dokein, to think: see decent

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orthodox Synonyms

orthodox

modif.

standard, customary, doctrinal; see conservative, conventional 3.


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orthodox Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • more: For the more orthodox, Deterministic Chaos Theory seemed a dead letter issue.

Modifies a noun

  • christology: Brown seems to portray orthodox christology as somewhat ' docetic ' - Jesus was fully God, but not wholly human.

Modifying Another Word

  • strictly: In the words of one strictly orthodox headteacher: ' Special needs are a luxury.

Noun used with modifier

  • time: Traditionalists, as their name implies, are trying to stick to dat ol ' time orthodox religion.

Used with adjective complement

  • sound: We were always very careful to write music that didn't sound orthodox.

Preposition: in

  • doctrine: Note carefully that all the above books are thoroughly orthodox in doctrine.
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Yet her conception of God was certainly not orthodox. She felt towards Him as she might have felt towards a glorified sanitary engineer; and in some of her speculations she seems hardly to distinguish between the Deity and the Drains.

-Strachey, (Giles) Lytton

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