Greek Orthodox
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- adjective
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ortodoxo griego
- The couple married in a traditional Greek Orthodox ceremony surrounded by family and friends.
- Greek Orthodox Church
- Greek Orthodox Christian
There are other orders in other places, of course, in Egypt, in Palestine, in, in the Greek Orthodox world, in other places as well.
- There are other orders in other places, of course, in Egypt, in Palestine, in, in the Greek Orthodox world, in other places as well.
Examples
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- So now we are having a Greek Orthodox Christmas, or as we like to say here, Christmas with the Karountzoses.
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Even today in the Greek Orthodox church, there are women who are deacons.
Blog text (17) -
- I told them, this is Greek Orthodox house.
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What do we know about the Greek Orthodox Church?" his producer asked.
Fiction book (1991) -
The head of the Greek Orthodox Church opened the convention with a prayer: "O God,
Blog text (21) -
It's your lucky day to be baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church.
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There's a Greek Orthodox church in my town that puts on a Greek Festival too!
Blog text (6) -
In July, New York City was the scene for the biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America.
Academic text (1996) -
We begin with the reflections of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy Land, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilus III.
Academic text (2018) -
The chamber in which he found himself was vaulted like a Greek Orthodox chapel, its curving dome overlaid with mosaic work in marble and gold.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A branch of Christianity that follows Eastern church traditions
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Relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church and its traditions
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Relating to the Christian church that follows Eastern traditions and worship
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both parts are semantically compositional: 'Greek' means relating to Greece and 'Orthodox' denotes the Eastern Orthodox tradition, so together they straightforwardly indicate the Greek branch or character of Orthodoxy. This adjective+adjective combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Greek Orthodox comes from two parts: Greek, showing the Greek language and culture, and Orthodox, an old word meaning 'right belief'. It names the Christian church and its traditions that kept those early Greek-speaking beliefs and ways, so the phrase is used for people, places, or practices connected to that church.