eastern orthodox

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

   SynonymsOrthodoxRussian OrthodoxGreek Orthodox

   religion

Questions about eastern orthodox

What does eastern orthodox mean?

eastern orthodox means "derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for eastern orthodox?

Close synonyms include Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Orthodox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eastern orthodox a common word?

eastern orthodox is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.