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orthodox

adj · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈɔːθədɒks/
  • US: /ˈɔɹθədɑks/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: homodox

Antonyms: heretical, heterodox, inorthodox, nonorthodox, unorthodox, blasphemous, haram, sinful, treyf, unkosher, anarchistic, idiosyncratic, incongruitous, irregular, nonconformist, odd, offbeat, strange, unconventional, unexpected, unusual

2

adj

Meaning 2

Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conservative, conventional

Antonyms: liberal, outlandish, unorthodox

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: Roman Catholic, Western Christianity

4

adj

Meaning 4

Of a branch of Judaism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: liberal, Reform Judaism

5

adj

Meaning 5

Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: recalcitrant

6

adj

Meaning 6

Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Churches collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Quakers, a group of Quakers (subdivided into the Wilburite, Gurneyite and Beaconite branches) who split with the Hicksite Quakers due to favoring adopting mainstream Protestant orthodoxy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Quakerism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An Orthodox Christian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

An Orthodox Jew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective

Meaning 12

adhering to what is commonly accepted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an orthodox view of the world

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unorthodox

13

adjective

Meaning 13

of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Orthodox Judaism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Jewish-Orthodox

Antonyms: none provided

14

adjective

Meaning 14

of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Late Middle English orthodoxe, from Middle French orthodoxe and its etymon Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos), from ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”). Displaced native Old English wuldorlīċ.

Across languages

Translations

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ուղղադավան (uġġadavan) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Armenian: ուղղահավատ (uġġahavat) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Armenian: ուղղափառ (uġġapʻaṙ) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Armenian: օրթոդոքսալ (ōrtʻodokʻsal) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Bengali: ফরায়েজী (fôraẏezī) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Bengali: ফরাজী (fôrazī) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Bulgarian: правоверен (pravoveren) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Catalan: ortodox — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Czech: ortodoxní — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Czech: pravověrný — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Danish: ortodoks — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Danish: rettroende — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Dutch: orthodox — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Esperanto: ortodoksa — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Estonian: õigeusklik — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Finnish: ortodoksinen — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Finnish: ortodoksi- — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Finnish: puhdasoppinen — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • French: orthodoxe — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • German: orthodox — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • German: rechtgläubig — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Greek: ορθόδοξος (orthódoxos) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Ancient Greek: ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Hebrew: אוֹרְתּוֹדוֹקְסִי — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Hindi: रूढ़िवादी (rūṛhivādī) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Hungarian: ortodox — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Ido: ortodoxo — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Irish: ceartchreidmheach — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Irish: ortadocsach — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Italian: ortodosso — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Malay: ortodoks — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Middle English: orthodoxe — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Norwegian: ortodoks — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Old Church Slavonic: православьнъ (pravoslavĭnŭ) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Old Church Slavonic: правовѣрьнъ (pravověrĭnŭ) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Persian: ارتدکس (ortodoks) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Polish: ortodoksyjny — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Polish: prawowierny — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Polish: prawosławny — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Portuguese: ortodoxo — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Russian: ортодокса́льный (ortodoksálʹnyj) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Russian: правове́рный (pravovérnyj) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Slovak: pravoslávny — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Slovak: ortodoxný — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Spanish: ortodoxo — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Swedish: ortodox — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Swedish: renlärig — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Ukrainian: ортодокса́льний (ortodoksálʹnyj) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Ukrainian: правові́рний (pravovírnyj) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Volapük: lotodogik — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Yiddish: אָרטאָדאָקסיש (ortodoksish) — conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology
  • Bulgarian: общоприет (obštopriet) — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正統 /正统 (zhèngtǒng) — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Danish: ortodoks — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Danish: almindelig anerkendt — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Dutch: orthodox — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Dutch: traditioneel — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Esperanto: ortodoksa — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Finnish: ortodoksinen — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Finnish: perinteinen — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Finnish: puhdasoppinen — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • French: orthodoxe — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • German: orthodox — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • German: traditionell — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • German: allgemein anerkannt — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • German: althergebracht — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Greek: ορθόδοξος (orthódoxos) — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Ancient Greek: ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos) — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Hungarian: ortodox — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Ido: ortodoxo — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Italian: ortodosso — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Latin: orthodoxus — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Polish: ortodoksyjny — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Portuguese: ortodoxo — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Russian: общепри́нятый (obščeprínjatyj) — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Russian: традицио́нный (tradiciónnyj) — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Spanish: ortodoxo — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Volapük: lotodogik — adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
  • Polish: długowieczny — viable for a long time
  • Albanian: ortodoks — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Arabic: أُرْثُوذُكْسِيّ (ʔurṯūḏuksiyy) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Arabic: أرثوذكسي (ʔurṯūḏuksi, ʔurṯōḏuksi) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Armenian: ուղղափառ (uġġapʻaṙ) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Armenian: հունադավան (hunadavan) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Azerbaijani: اورتودوقس (ortodoqs) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Azerbaijani: اورتادوس (ortados) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Azerbaijani: pravoslav — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Azerbaijani: ortodoks — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Belarusian: правасла́ўны (pravasláwny) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Bengali: অর্থোডক্স (orthōḍoks) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Bulgarian: правосла́вен (pravosláven) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Catalan: ortodox — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東正教 /东正教 (dōngzhèngjiào) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正教 (zhèngjiào) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Crimean Tatar: ortodoks — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Czech: pravoslavný — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Danish: ortodoks — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Dutch: orthodox — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Dutch: Oosters-orthodox — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Esperanto: ortodoksa — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Estonian: õigeusu — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Faroese: ortodoksur — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Finnish: ortodoksinen — of the Orthodox Churches
  • French: orthodoxe — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Galician: ortodoxo — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Georgian: მართლმადიდებელი (martlmadidebeli) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • German: orthodox — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Greek: ορθόδοξος (orthódoxos) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Hebrew: אוֹרְתּוֹדוֹקְּסִי (ortodóksi) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Hindi: रूढ़िवादी (rūṛhivādī) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Hungarian: ortodox — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Hungarian: pravoszláv — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Ido: ortodoxa — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Indonesian: ortodoks — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Italian: ortodosso — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Japanese: オーソドックス (ōsodokkusu) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Japanese: 正教 (seikyō) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Karaim: yavan — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Kazakh: православиелік (pravoslavielık) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Korean: 정교 (jeonggyo) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Kyrgyz: православие (pravoslaviye) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Lao: ອອກໂຕດົກ (ʼǭk tō dok) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Lithuanian: stačiatikis — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Macedonian: православен (pravoslaven) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ortodoks — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ortodoks — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Church Slavic: православьнъ (pravoslavĭnŭ) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Persian: ارتدکس (ortodoks) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Persian: یگان (yagân) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Polish: prawosławny — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Polish: prawowierny — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Portuguese: ortodoxo — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Romanian: ortodox — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Russian: правосла́вный (pravoslávnyj) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏восла̄ван — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁvoslāvan — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Slovak: pravoslávny — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Slovene: pravoslaven — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Spanish: ortodoxo — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Swedish: ortodox — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Tajik: православӣ (pravoslavi) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Tatar: православие (prawoslawiye) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Thai: ออร์ทอดอกซ์ (ɔɔ-tɔɔ-dɔ̀k) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Turkish: Ortodoks — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Turkmen: prawoslaw — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Ukrainian: правосла́вний (pravoslávnyj) — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Uzbek: pravoslaviye — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Vietnamese: chánh giáo — of the Orthodox Churches
  • Arabic: أُرْثُوذُكْسِيّ (ʔurṯūḏuksiyy) — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Finnish: ortodoksinen — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Finnish: ortodoksijuutalainen — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Greek: ορθόδοξος (orthódoxos) — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Hebrew: אורתודוקסי (ortodóksi) — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Hungarian: ortodox — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ortodoks — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ortodoks — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Persian: ارتدکس (ortodoks) — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Polish: ortodoksyjny — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Portuguese: ortodoxo — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Russian: ортодокса́льный — of Orthodox Judaism
  • Swedish: ortodox — of Orthodox Judaism
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