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Orthodox en · ADJ

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Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Churches collectively.
2. (broadly) Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.
3. (Judaism) Of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism.
4. (Quakerism) 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.
   • [...which] Doherty hypothesized as the controlling variable for predicting who would become Orthodox or who would be Hicksite. 2006, Martha Paxson Grundy, The Evolution of a Quaker Community: Middletown Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1750-1850:

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Deriveds

Indian Orthodox Church · Russian Orthodox · Orthodox Jewish · ultra-Orthodox · Orthodoxy · orthodoxize · Conservadox

Translations (82)

az ortodoks (of the Orthodox Churches) · uk правосла́вний (of the Orthodox Churches) · da ortodoks (of the Orthodox Churches) · az pravoslav (of the Orthodox Churches) · ru правосла́вный (of the Orthodox Churches) · hi रूढ़िवादी (of the Orthodox Churches) · id ortodoks (of the Orthodox Churches) · eo ortodoksa (of the Orthodox Churches) · sk pravoslávny (of the Orthodox Churches) · pl prawosławny (of the Orthodox Churches) · ar أُرْثُوذُكْسِيّ (of the Orthodox Churches) · crh ortodoks (of the Orthodox Churches) · be правасла́ўны (of the Orthodox Churches) · tt православие (of the Orthodox Churches) · ka მართლმადიდებელი (of the Orthodox Churches) · fa ارتدکس (of the Orthodox Churches) · nn ortodoks (of the Orthodox Churches) · it ortodosso (of the Orthodox Churches) · bn অর্থোডক্স (of the Orthodox Churches) · kk православиелік (of the Orthodox Churches) · fa یگان (of the Orthodox Churches) · pl ortodoksyjny (of Orthodox Judaism) · fi ortodoksijuutalainen (of Orthodox Judaism) · cs pravoslavný (of the Orthodox Churches) · ko 정교 (of the Orthodox Churches) · hy ուղղափառ (of the Orthodox Churches) · cu православьнъ (of the Orthodox Churches) · sv ortodox (of the Orthodox Churches) · vi chánh giáo (of the Orthodox Churches) · fi ortodoksinen (of Orthodox Judaism) · lo ອອກໂຕດົກ (of the Orthodox Churches) · nb ortodoks (of the Orthodox Churches) · nl orthodox (of the Orthodox Churches) · hu pravoszláv (of the Orthodox Churches) · ja オーソドックス (of the Orthodox Churches) · el ορθόδοξος (of Orthodox Judaism) · fi ortodoksinen (of the Orthodox Churches) · pl prawowierny (of the Orthodox Churches) · hu ortodox (of the Orthodox Churches) · ro ortodox (of the Orthodox Churches) · hu ortodox (of Orthodox Judaism) · ja 正教 (of the Orthodox Churches) · sl pravoslaven (of the Orthodox Churches) · et õigeusu (of the Orthodox Churches) · he אורתודוקסי (of Orthodox Judaism) · de orthodox (of the Orthodox Churches) · sq ortodoks (of the Orthodox Churches) · bg правосла́вен (of the Orthodox Churches) · el ορθόδοξος (of the Orthodox Churches) · lt stačiatikis (of the Orthodox Churches) · fr orthodoxe (of the Orthodox Churches) · io ortodoxa (of the Orthodox Churches) · acw أرثوذكسي (of the Orthodox Churches) · fa ارتدکس (of Orthodox Judaism) · hy հունադավան (of the Orthodox Churches) · nl Oosters-orthodox (of the Orthodox Churches) · ky православие (of the Orthodox Churches) · uz pravoslaviye (of the Orthodox Churches) · nn ortodoks (of Orthodox Judaism) · az اورتادوس (of the Orthodox Churches) · az اورتودوقس (of the Orthodox Churches) · tr Ortodoks (of the Orthodox Churches) · es ortodoxo (of the Orthodox Churches) · ru ортодокса́льный (of Orthodox Judaism) · pt ortodoxo (of Orthodox Judaism) · fo ortodoksur (of the Orthodox Churches) · pt ortodoxo (of the Orthodox Churches) · he אוֹרְתּוֹדוֹקְּסִי (of the Orthodox Churches) · sv ortodox (of Orthodox Judaism) · sh prȁvoslāvan (of the Orthodox Churches) · nb ortodoks (of Orthodox Judaism) · ca ortodox (of the Orthodox Churches) · sh пра̏восла̄ван (of the Orthodox Churches) · ar أُرْثُوذُكْسِيّ (of Orthodox Judaism) · cmn 正教 (of the Orthodox Churches) · mk православен (of the Orthodox Churches) · th ออร์ทอดอกซ์ (of the Orthodox Churches) · tg православӣ (of the Orthodox Churches) · tk prawoslaw (of the Orthodox Churches) · cmn 東正教 /东正教 (of the Orthodox Churches) · gl ortodoxo (of the Orthodox Churches) · kdr yavan (of the Orthodox Churches)

Orthodox en · NOUN

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1. (uncommon) An Orthodox Christian.
   • 1984, David Gillard (ed.), British documents on foreign affairs: Reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print, Part I: From the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War, Series B: The Near and Middle East, 1856-1914, page 31. The Greek Catholic priesthood, who proselytize among the Orthodoxes, are specially favoured, and donations are given for Masses in the churches of the Capuchin and the Franciscan Friars.
   • The Greek Orthodox population of the 62 bishoprics in 1886 numbered 65,549,096. to which the Orthodoxes of the army and navy must be added. 1891, John Scott Keltie, The Statesman's Year-Book, MacMillan and Co., page 854:
2. (rare) An Orthodox Jew.

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Oriental Orthodox Church · Eastern Orthodox Church · Orthodox Church