EASTERN ORTHODOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eastern Orthodox mean? 

• EASTERN ORTHODOX (noun)
  The noun EASTERN ORTHODOX has 1 sense:

1. derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites

  Familiarity information: EASTERN ORTHODOX used as a noun is very rare.

• EASTERN ORTHODOX (adjective)
  The adjective EASTERN ORTHODOX has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

  Familiarity information: EASTERN ORTHODOX used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EASTERN ORTHODOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Eastern Church; Eastern Orthodox; Eastern Orthodox Church; Orthodox Catholic Church; Orthodox Church

Hypernyms ("Eastern Orthodox" is a kind of...):

Catholic Church (any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church)

Domain member category:

canonisation; canonization ((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints)

bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Eastern Orthodox"):

Greek Church; Greek Orthodox Church (state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church)

Russian Orthodox Church (an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia)

• EASTERN ORTHODOX (adjective)

Comparative: Eastern Orthodoxer   
Superlative: Eastern Orthodoxest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Eastern Orthodox; Greek Orthodox; Orthodox; Russian Orthodox

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Pertainym:

Orthodox Church (derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites)