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Definition of Eastern Orthodox

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

2. Noun. Derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites.

Definition of Eastern Orthodox

1. Adjective. Pertaining to the faith, practices, etc. of the (w Eastern Orthodox Church). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastern Orthodox

Eastern Armenian Eastern Arrernte Eastern Balochi Eastern Bengali Eastern Bloc Eastern Catholicism Eastern Church Eastern Europe Eastern European Eastern European Time

Eastern Europeans Eastern Farsi Eastern Hemisphere Eastern Highlands Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Orthodox (current term) Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Question Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Samoa Eastern Sioux Eastern Standard Time Eastern Time Eastern Turki Eastern cottonwood Eastern hop hornbeam Eastern pasque flower Eastern silvery aster Easters

Literary usage of Eastern Orthodox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The Eastern Orthodox confession is the religion of the State, which the king and his children must profess (§ 7). By the terms of art. ..."

2. Yearbook of American Churches: 1st -40th Issue; 1915-1972 by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (1922)
"Eastern Orthodox CHURCHES History The Eastern Orthodox Churches, known historically as the "Eastern Church," and in modern times as the "Greek Orthodox ..."

3. The Church Cyclopædia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1884)
"The Eastern Orthodox Churches are not afraid uf an appeal " to the Law and ... The Anglican and the Eastern Orthodox Churches holding like views as to the ..."

4. The Church Cyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1883)
"The Eastern Orthodox Churches have not attempted to define the mode of our ... The Eastern Orthodox Churches believe neither in Purgatory n<>r in works of ..."

5. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"The Jesuits soon extended their campaign to include the Eastern Orthodox Church, and a compromise was entered into between the See of Rome and certain ..."

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