orthodox
[adjective]
Synonyms: established, accepted, approved, conventional, customary, official, received, traditional, well-established

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Antonyms: unorthodox
Contrasted words: heretical, heterodox, unauthoritative, uncanonical
Related Words: acknowledged, admitted, approved, customary, official, recognized, standard, traditional, correct, proper, right

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English Thesaurus: religious, devout, orthodox, spiritual, holy, ...

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or‧tho‧dox /ˈɔːθədɒks $ ˈɔːrθədɑːks/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: orthodoxe, from Late Latin, from Late Greek orthodoxos, from Greek ortho- (from orthos 'straight, correct') + doxa 'opinion']

1. orthodox ideas, methods, or behaviour are accepted by most people to be correct and right Synonym : conventional:
orthodox medical treatments
He challenged the orthodox views on education.

2. someone who is orthodox has the opinions and beliefs that are generally accepted as being right, and does not have new or different ideas:
Orthodox economists believe that a recession is now inevitable.
an orthodox Marxist

3. believing in all the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion:
an orthodox Jew

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orthodox
adj.
VERBS be His ideas are all fairly orthodox.
ADV. highly, strictly, very This is the strictly orthodox view. I am not a very orthodox kind of counsellor.
fairly

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religious believing strongly in a religion and obeying its rules:
My father was a very religious man.
Are you religious?
devout having a very strong belief in a religion:
a devout Catholic
orthodox believing in the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion:
orthodox Jews

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religious relating to religion:
the country's religious leaders
the importance of religious freedom
spiritual relating to matters of the human spirit, rather than the physical world:
The Dalai Lamai is the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.
We tend to ignore people's spriritual needs, and focus too much on material things.
spiritual values
holy [usually before noun] connected with God and religion, and therefore treated in a special way – used especially in the following phrases:
the Holy Bible
the holy city of Mecca
a Hindu holy man
They believe they are fighting a holy war.
The priest puts some holy water on the child's head.
sacred connected with God and religion, and therefore treated in a special way – used especially in the following phrases:
This place is sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
In India, cows are considered sacred.
the Hindu sacred texts
sacred music
a sacred ritual
theological relating to the study of religion or to religious beliefs:
a theological debate
theological training
secular not relating to religion or controlled by a religious authority:
secular education
secular matters
In the UK we live in a much more secular society.
devout having a very strong belief in a religion:
a devout Catholic
orthodox believing in the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion:
orthodox Jews
atheist noun, adjective someone who does not believe that God exists:
She says she is an atheist.
atheist propaganda
agnostic noun, adjective someone who believes that people cannot know whether God exists or not:
I think I'd describe myself as an agnostic.
a group of prominent agnostic scientists

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