Orthodox

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion.
  • adj. Adhering to the Christian faith as expressed in the early Christian ecumenical creeds.
  • adj. Of or relating to any of the churches or rites of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
  • adj. Of or relating to Orthodox Judaism.
  • adj. Adhering to what is commonly accepted, customary, or traditional: an orthodox view of world affairs.
  • n. One that is orthodox.
  • n. A member of an Eastern Orthodox church.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Adhering to whatever is traditional, customary or generally accepted.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to heretical and heterodox.
  • adj. According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like
  • adj. Adhering to generally approved doctrine or practices; conventional. Opposed to unorthodox.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the churches of the Eastern Christian rite, especially the Greek Orthodox or Russian Orthodox churches, which do not recognize the supremacy of the Pope of Rome in matters of faith.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Holding what is regarded as the correct opinion, or correct opinions, especially in regard to religious or theological doctrines; sound in opinion or doctrine; specifically, conforming to the faith of the Church Catholic, as represented in its primitive ecumenical creeds: applied to persons or doctrines.
  • [capitalized] Of or pertaining to the Greek Church.
  • Synonyms Orthodox, Evangelical. (See the definitions of these terms.) It is natural for all who care about their doctrinal beliefs to claim the titles that indicate correctness of belief. Hence orthodox is a part of the name of the Greek Church; to the Roman Catholic orthodox means faithful to the tenets of the Roman Church; in the doctrinal contests of America orthodox has generally meant Calvinistic, especially as opposed to Unitarianism and Universalism; in England it has as generally meant High-church, as opposed to Low-church or evangelical. Evangelical, meaning in harmony with the Gospel, has been claimed somewhat similarly and for a like reason, but has been especially applied to those who emphasize the doctrine of salvation by faith in Christ alone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. adhering to what is commonly accepted
  • adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church
  • adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    heretical   
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    Words with the same meaning
    sound    canonical    conventional   
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    unorthodox   
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    buddhist    evangelical    Jewish    philosophical    secular