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# orthodox

«orthodox» in Mova's school dictionary: **following the usual, accepted ideas or ways of doing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Orthodox means following the usual, accepted ideas or ways of doing something. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x1)
- Orthodox Easter is sometimes a week later than ours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x2)
- The coach's unorthodox training had us running backwards. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x4)
- The orthodox way to solve this sum is long division. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/#x5)
- The Orthodox church has a golden dome and beautiful paintings. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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 the corpora

- [The Byzantines kept Roman law and Greek books alive and spread Orthodox Christianity to places like Kyiv and Moscow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/17/)
- [Catholics and Orthodox count seven sacraments; most Protestants count two, baptism and communion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/7/)
- [Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches baptise babies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/10/)
- [A vicar or rector leads a Church of England parish; priests serve in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/13/)
- [Christmas is on 25 December, but many Orthodox churches celebrate it on 7 January because they use an older calendar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «orthodox» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthodox/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.