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orthodox Adjective conforming to traditional or established standards in religion, behaviour, or attitudes: orthodox medicine, the concerto has a more orthodox structure than is usual for this composer [Greek orthos correct + doxa belief] orthodoxy n Orthodox Adjective 1. of the Orthodox Church of Eastern Europe 2. of or being the form of Judaism characterized by traditional interpretation of and strict adherence to Mosaic Law: an Orthodox Jew
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orthodox adjective 1. established, official, accepted, received, common, popular, traditional, normal, regular, usual, ordinary, approved, familiar, acknowledged, conventional, routine, customary, well-established, kosher (informal) << OPPOSITE unorthodox 2. conformist, conservative, traditional, strict, devout, observant, doctrinal << OPPOSITE nonconformist |
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| "Cependant, mon cher," he remarked, examining his nails from a distance and puckering the skin above his left eye, "malgre la haute estime que je professe pour the Orthodox Russian army, j'avoue que votre victoire n'est pas des plus victorieuses. He promptly sent for the Adversary of Souls and demanded his freedom, explaining that he was entirely orthodox, and had always led a pious and holy life. But then there were some sceptical Greeks and Romans, who, standing out from the orthodox pagans of their times, equally doubted the story of Hercules and the whale, and Arion and the dolphin; and yet their doubting those traditions did not make those traditions one whit the less facts, for all that. |
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