ˈɔ:θədɔks adj. 1 a
holding correct or
currently accepted opinions,
esp. on
religious doctrine, morals, etc. b
not independent-minded;
unoriginal; unheretical. 2 (of religious doctrine, standards of
morality, etc.)
generally accepted as
right or
true; authoritatively established;
conventional. 3 (also Orthodox) (of Judaism)
strictly keeping to
traditional doctrine
and ritual. øOrthodox
Church the Eastern Church, separated
from the
Western Church in the 11th
c., having the
Patriarch of Constantinople as
its head, and including the
national Churches of Russia, Romania, Greece, etc. øøorthodoxly adv. [eccl. L orthodoxus f. Gk orthodoxos f. doxa opinion]