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Adjective: orthodox  'or-thu,dóks
  1. Adhering to what is commonly accepted
    "an orthodox view of the world"
Adjective: Orthodox
  1. (religion) of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church
    - Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox
     
  2. (religion) of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
    "Orthodox Judaism";
    - Jewish-Orthodox

See also: antiheretical, canonic, canonical, conforming, conformist, conservative, conventional, established, orthodoxy, sanctioned, standard, traditional, unreformed

Antonym: unorthodox

Encyclopedia: Orthodox