Orthodox
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˈɔrθəˌdɑks/
:
ortodoxo
- This diaspora has maintained its Greek culture, its Orthodox faith, and often its language.
- Orthodox Church
- Eastern Orthodox
- Orthodox Christianity
And then all these other national tongues, Orthodox churches, they don't look quite the same.
- And then all these other national tongues, Orthodox churches, they don't look quite the same.
- There were lots of footage of Orthodox militants, I mean Orthodox Christian militants.
- We can still worship in Orthodox cathedrals, or we can still be ourselves.
- So and so is is Eastern Orthodox.
- And he has a book that's called The Exposition of the Orthodox Faith.
- He, he, he encourages the use of the Ukrainian language in the Orthodox Church.
- And he's now a married Christian who is a Deacon in the Orthodox Church, right.
- They're very religious, but it's the it's the Russian Orthodox Church.
Examples
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You have to yes, you have to be a baptized and confirmed member of the Eastern Orthodox Church to take communion in an Orthodox Church.
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The involvement of the Russian Orthodox Church at Vatican II was something extraordinary.
Academic text (2013) -
Down to the Russian Orthodox church, and then was it left or right?
Fiction book (1993) -
Leaving any Orthodox religion is not easy.
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Do you know the orthodox church by Lincoln Park?
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What do we know about the Greek Orthodox Church?" his producer asked.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Lithuanians, most of them were Orthodox, and very often they were related to people on the other side.
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Father was the only Russian Orthodox priest left in the Aleutians.
Fiction book (1999) -
Some hailed Moscow as the Third Rome, the seat of Orthodox Christian faith.
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The vibrant murals inside the Orthodox church depicted scenes from biblical stories.
Synonyms
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9.1
Relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church and its traditions
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5.7
Relating to the Christian church that follows Eastern traditions and worship
Relating to the Eastern Christian church that follows old religious traditions
Compounds
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3.5
A group of Christian churches that follow old Byzantine worship and traditions
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4.1
A large Eastern Christian church in Russia led by a church leader called the Patriarch
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5.4
A branch of Judaism that follows traditional Jewish laws and customs strictly
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4.1
The main Christian church in Greece that follows the Eastern Orthodox tradition
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3.7
A group of Christian churches that follow Eastern ways of worship and do not accept the Pope's authority
A Christian church in Armenia that began around year 300 and keeps old traditions
A Christian church also called the Eastern Orthodox Church that follows Byzantine rites
- Archaic
A stage of sleep without quick eye movements or dreaming when the body repairs itself
Surface Forms
Morphology
Orthodox = ortho + dox
Formed from Greek combining elements 'ortho-' and '-dox' which are not standalone English words and are unlikely to be known by a B1 learner, so the religious sense cannot be derived from the components.
Etymology
Orthodox comes from the Greek parts ortho- meaning 'straight' or 'right' and doxa meaning 'belief' or 'opinion'; you can see ortho- in orthodontist, who makes teeth 'straight'. So the Orthodox Church is the branch that keeps the old, 'right' beliefs and ways of worship.