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orthodox (iou)



orthodox adjective & noun. LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin orthodoxus from Greek orthodoxos, formed as ORTHO- + doxa opinion.]
A. adjective.
I.
Holding correct, or currently accepted opinions, esp. on matters of religious belief; not independent-minded, conventional. LME.
G. Orwell If one thinks fearlessly one cannot be politically orthodox. S. Quinn He was not a rigidly orthodox Freudian..he was in fact a believer in heterodoxy.
Of opinion, doctrine, etc.: right, correct, in accordance with what is accepted or authoritatively established. LME.
H. Carpenter His own orthodox..Christian faith had..inclined him to accept the theology of Paradise Lost.
In accordance with what is regarded as proper or usual; conventional, approved. M19.
H. T. Lane The effects of the orthodox method of feeding to a time-table are definitely bad. H. E. Bates Lydia and Blackie were not really dancing the orthodox steps of the waltz.
Of sleep: characterized by the absence of rapid eye movements and (probably) dreams, and by a lower level of physiological activity than paradoxical sleep. M20.
II. Usu. Orthodox.
Designating or pertaining to (any of) the family of Christian Churches originating in the East (including the national Churches of Greece, Russia, Romania, etc.) which recognize the headship of the Patriarch of Constantinople and separated from the Western Church in or around the 11th cent. Also (more fully Oriental Orthodox or with specifying word), designating or pertaining to any of various Eastern Churches which earlier separated from both the Western Church and Constantinople. (See note below.) L17.
Coptic Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, etc.
Tablet The fourth plenary session..was hampered by two Orthodox delegations walking out. D. M. Thomas The long and, compared with an Orthodox mass, rather colourless service.
Of Judaism or Jews: adhering strictly to the rabbinical interpretation of Jewish law and its traditional observances. M19.
Independent The long coats and earlocks adopted by..strictly orthodox Jews.
b. noun. Pl. same.
An orthodox person; a member of the Orthodox Church; an Orthodox Jew. L16.
An orthodox opinion. E-M17.
? The designation 'Orthodox' was orig. adopted by the Eastern Churches to distinguish themselves from the Monophysite Churches.
orthodoxal adjective (long rare or obsolete) = ORTHODOX adjective 1, 2 L16.
ortho'doxian noun (rare) a person who holds orthodox beliefs E17.
ortho'doxical adjective (now rare) = ORTHODOX adjective 1, 2 L16.
orthodoxly adverb E17.
orthodoxness noun (long rare) M17.