orthodox
pronunciation
How to pronounce orthodox in British English:
UK [ˈɔːθədɒks]
How to pronounce orthodox in American English:
US [ˈɔːrθədɑːks]
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- Adjective:
- adhering to what is commonly accepted
Word Origin
- orthodox
- orthodox: [16] Greek orthós meant ‘straight, correct’ (it enters into numerous English compounds, including orthography ‘correct spelling’ [15] and orthopaedic [19]). Greek dóxa meant ‘opinion’; it was derived from the verb dokein ‘think’. Put them together and you got orthódoxos ‘having the right opinion’, which passed into English via ecclesiastical Latin orthodoxus.
- orthodox (adj.)
- mid-15c., of opinions, faith, from Late Latin orthodoxus, from Greek orthodoxos "having the right opinion," from orthos "right, true, straight" (see ortho-) + doxa "opinion, praise," from dokein "to seem," from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept" (see decent). As the name of the Eastern Church, first recorded in English 1772; in reference to a branch of Judaism, first recorded 1853.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Is dealing with his more orthodox islamic allies easy ?
- 2. A more orthodox upbringing may have spared great hardship .
- 3. He may even attend orthodox easter festivities there on april 15th .
- 4. But mr weber and the similarly orthodox mr warsh have departed .
- 5. Over the years , englewood 's orthodox jewish community has grown .