orthodox

Meaning

1. Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.
2. Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.
3. Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.
4. Of a branch of Judaism.
5. Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.
6. Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Churches collectively.
7. Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.
8. Of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism.
9. 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.
10. An Orthodox Christian.
11. An Orthodox Jew.

Etymology / origin

From Late Middle English orthodoxe, from Middle French orthodoxe and its etymon Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos), from ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).

Related words

Descendant words

• ortodoksi(Finnish) (cog)
• オーソドックス(Japanese) (bor)
• दाश्(Sanskrit) (cog)
• दीक्षते(Sanskrit) (cog)
• दीक्ष्(Sanskrit) (cog)

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