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# orthodox

adjective (orthodox, more orthodox); Orthodox (church, Jewish)

«orthodox» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Orthodox means following the usual, accepted ideas or ways of doing something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#m1)
2. (church) The Orthodox Church is a big family of Christian churches, strong in Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia and other places, with icons, candles and ancient services. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#m2)
3. (religion) Orthodox Jews keep the Jewish laws strictly, such as the sabbath and food rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday or school use, "orthodox" can mean the standard way ("an orthodox method"), and "unorthodox" means unusual. In RE, Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter often on a different day from Western churches, and their priests may marry. Orthodox Jews rest on the sabbath and eat kosher food. Phrases: the Orthodox Church, Greek Orthodox, Orthodox Jew, an orthodox view, unorthodox methods.

### Examples

- My friend Eleni is Greek Orthodox and lights candles before icons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x1)
- Orthodox Easter is sometimes a week later than ours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x2)
- The coach's unorthodox training had us running backwards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x3)
- An orthodox Jewish family does not use the car on the sabbath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x4)
- The orthodox way to solve this sum is long division. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x5)
- The Orthodox church has a golden dome and beautiful paintings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x6)
- This is rank sacrilege in the eyes of the rigid orthodox in matters folk-lorical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x7)

### Note

Capital O for the church or the Jewish group; small o for "usual, accepted". Opposite: unorthodox. Do not mix with "orthodontist" (a teeth-straightening dentist).

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The word describes a writer who followed accepted beliefs; it is not the modern Orthodox Jewish movement here. In the primary lessons: In everyday or school use, "orthodox" can mean the standard way ("an orthodox method"), and "unorthodox" means unusual. In RE, Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter often on a different day from Western churches, and their priests may marry. Orthodox Jews rest on the sabbath and eat kosher food. Phrases: the Orthodox Church, Greek Orthodox, Orthodox Jew, an orthodox view, unorthodox methods.

### Examples

- Postellus, the orthodox, gives Deus Vivus. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/orthodox/#x1)

### Note

Capital O for the church or the Jewish group; small o for "usual, accepted". Opposite: unorthodox. Do not mix with "orthodontist" (a teeth-straightening dentist).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «orthodox» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«orthodox» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/orthodox.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «orthodox» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/orthodox/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«orthodox» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/orthodox.html) on Mova free.