orthodox

IPA: ˈɔrθʌdɑks

Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.
Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.
Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.
Of a branch of Judaism.
(botany) Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.
(Christianity) Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Churches collectively.
(Christianity, loosely) Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.
(Judaism) Of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism.
(Quakerism) 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.

Examples of "orthodox" in Sentences

Although the term orthodox or orthodoxy does not occur in the
He is not what we call orthodox; yet this is not from pride or caprice or from a desire to play a part.
About this: those churches known as Monophysitic churches that employ the term orthodox as part of their names.
It does not include those churches known as Monophysitic churches that employ the term orthodox as part of their names.
The opposite is true of Christianity: The Eastern Orthodox Church gave itself the term orthodox, meaning "correct belief."
I am conservative (orthodox is a word that has taken on another meaning in concservative Anglican circles), so I would not support many of these statements as presented here.
I set to work according to the usual method, but to my sorrow I soon discovered that the method and rules in general use for Scripture exegesis, among what they called orthodox authors, were very defective and unsatisfactory.
His Masonic erudition is about as great and as little as his proficiency in Kabbalah; he quotes Carlyle as "an authority," applies the term orthodox to French Freemasonry exclusively, whereas the developments of the Fraternity in France have always had a heterodox complexion, while his tripartite classification of the 33 degrees of that rite and of the