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Orthodox Church

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The Eastern Orthodox Church.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Holonyms: Christianity, Church
  • Meronyms: Greek Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Church

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The Eastern body of Christendom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

That part of Christendom apart from the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any Church that self-designates as Orthodox.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Catholic Church

Narrower terms: Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Church, Russian Orthodox Church

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kisha ortodokse — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Arabic: الْكَنِيسَة الأُرْثُوذُكْسِيَّة (al-kanīsa l-ʔurṯūḏuksiyya) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Armenian: ուղղափառ եկեղեցի (uġġapʻaṙ ekeġecʻi) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Azerbaijani: pravoslav kilsəsi — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Basque: Eliza ortodoxoa — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Belarusian: правасла́ўная царква́ (pravasláwnaja carkvá) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Breton: Iliz Ortodoks — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Bulgarian: правосла́вна църква́ (pravoslávna cǎrkvá) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Catalan: Església Ortodoxa — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正教會 /正教会 (zhèngjiàohuì) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Czech: pravoslavná církev — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Danish: Den ortodokse kirke — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Dutch: Orthodoxe Kerk — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Esperanto: Ortodoxa Eklesio — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Estonian: õigeusu kirik — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Finnish: ortodoksinen kirkko — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • French: Église orthodoxe — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Galician: Igrexa Ortodoxa — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Georgian: მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია (martlmadidebeli eḳlesia) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • German: orthodoxe Kirche — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • German: Orthodoxe Kirche — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Greek: Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία (Orthódoxi Ekklisía) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Hebrew: נַצְרוּת אוֹרְתּוֹדוֹקְסִית (natsrút ortodoksít) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Hungarian: ortodox egyház — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Hungarian: pravoszláv egyház — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Icelandic: Rétttrúnaðarkirkjan — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Indonesian: Gereja Ortodoks — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Irish: Eaglais Cheartchreidmheach — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Italian: Chiesa ortodossa — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Japanese: 正教会 (seikyōkai) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Kazakh: православие шіркеуі (pravoslavie şırkeuı) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Korean: 정교회 (jeonggyohoe) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Kyrgyz: ортодокс чиркөөсү (ortodoks cirköösü) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Latin: Ecclēsia Orthodoxa — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Latvian: pareizticīgā baznīca — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Lithuanian: stačiatikių bažnyčia — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Macedonian: православна црква (pravoslavna crkva) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den ortodokse kirke — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den ortodokse kirken — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den ortodokse kirka — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Den ortodokse kyrkja — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Persian: کلیسای ارتدکس (kelisâ-ye ortodoks) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Polish: Cerkiew prawosławna — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Portuguese: Igreja Ortodoxa — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Romanian: biserica ortodoxă — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Russian: правосла́вная це́рковь (pravoslávnaja cérkovʹ) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Serbo-Croatian: православна црква — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Serbo-Croatian: pravoslavna crkva — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Slovak: pravoslávna cirkev — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Slovene: pravoslavna cerkev — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Spanish: Iglesia ortodoxa — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Swedish: ortodoxa kyrkan — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Turkish: Ortodoks Kilisesi — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Ottoman Turkish: شرق كلیساسی (şarq kilisesi) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Ukrainian: правосла́вна це́рква (pravoslávna cérkva) — the Eastern body of Christendom
  • Welsh: Eglwys Uniongred — the Eastern body of Christendom