adj.

1. Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion.
2. Adhering to the Christian faith as expressed in the early Christian ecumenical creeds.
3. Orthodox
   1. Of or relating to any of the churches or rites of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
   2. Of or relating to Orthodox Judaism.
4. Adhering to what is commonly accepted, customary, or traditional: an orthodox view of world affairs.

n.

1. One that is orthodox.
2. Orthodox A member of an Eastern Orthodox church.

[Middle English orthodoxe, from Old French, from Late Latin orthodoxus, from Late Greek orthodoxos : Greek ortho-, ortho- + Greek doxa, opinion (from dokein, to think).]

orthodoxly or'tho·dox'ly adv.

adjective

1. Adhering to beliefs or practices approved by authority or tradition: canonical, received, sanctioned, time-honored. See usual/unusual.
2. Conforming to established practice or standards: button-down, conformist, conventional, establishmentarian, straight, traditional. Slang square. See usual/unusual.
3. Generally approved or agreed upon: accepted, conventional, received, recognized, sanctioned. See accept/reject, agree/disagree, straight/bent, usual/unusual.
4. Strongly favoring retention of the existing order: conservative, right, rightist, right-wing, Tory, traditionalist, traditionalistic. See keep/release.

noun

One who strongly favors retention of the existing order: conservative, rightist, right-winger, Tory, traditionalist. See keep/release.

adj

Definition: accepted, traditional
Antonyms: heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional

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(Greek, right belief) The term now denotes not so much right or true belief, as belief that is commonly shared.

Conforming to established doctrine, especially in religion; conventional. Those religious branches which interpret doctrinal law as authoritative and apply its principles and regulations to contemporary living.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

An ox wearing the popular religious joke.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ortodoks, rettroende, almindelig anerkendt
n. - ortodoks person, medlem af en ortodoks kirke

Nederlands (Dutch)
orthodox, rechtzinnig, streng gelovig, betreffende orthodoxe jodendom/ christendom

Français (French)
adj. - (gén, Relig) orthodoxe
n. - (gén, Relig) orthodoxe

Deutsch (German)
adj. - orthodox, konventionell
n. - die Orthodoxen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (θρησκ.) ορθόδοξος, (μτφ.) καθιερωμένος
n. pl. - (οι) ορθόδοξοι

Italiano (Italian)
ortodosso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ortodoxo

Русский (Russian)
ортодоксальный, правоверный, приверженец традиции, общепринятые (взгляды)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ortodoxo
n. - ortodoxo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ortodox, renlärig
n. pl. - de ortodoxa, medlemmar av den ortodoxa kyrkan

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
正统的, 惯常的, 传统的, 正统者, 正统的事物, 正统派

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 正統的, 慣常的, 傳統的
n. - 正統者, 正統的事物, 正統派

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정설의, 동방정교회의, 보수적인
n. - 정설

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 正説の, 東方正教会の, 正しいと認められた, 伝統的な
n. - 正統派の人, 東方正教会の信者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صحيح المعتقد (الجمع) أرثودكسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אדוק, שמרני, מאמין במוסכמות, לא מקורי, מקיים מצוות בקפדנות, אורתודוכסי‬
n. - ‮אדם אדוק בדת‬

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