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 →

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 →

3) (religion) Orthodox Jews keep the Jewish laws strictly, such as the sabbath and food rules. tree →

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 →
• Orthodox Easter is sometimes a week later than ours. tree →
• The coach's unorthodox training had us running backwards. tree →
• An orthodox Jewish family does not use the car on the sabbath. tree →
• The orthodox way to solve this sum is long division. tree →
• The Orthodox church has a golden dome and beautiful paintings. tree →
• This is rank sacrilege in the eyes of the rigid orthodox in matters folk-lorical. tree →

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.
• Catholics and Orthodox count seven sacraments; most Protestants count two, baptism and communion.
• Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches baptise babies.
• A vicar or rector leads a Church of England parish; priests serve in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches.
• Christmas is on 25 December, but many Orthodox churches celebrate it on 7 January because they use an older calendar.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «orthodox» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.