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Definition of Eastern Orthodox Church
1. Noun. Derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites.
Examples of category: Canonisation, Canonization, Bishop
Generic synonyms: Catholic Church
Specialized synonyms: Greek Church, Greek Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church
Definition of Eastern Orthodox Church
1. Proper noun. One of the three major divisions of Christianity derived from the Byzantine Church; it comprises the Greek Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church and others ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastern Orthodox Church
Literary usage of Eastern Orthodox Church
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constructive Quarterly by Silas McBee (1915)
"Problems of the Eastern Orthodox Church in America By ARCHPRIEST LEONID ...
Eastern Orthodox Church ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... London, 1905 (by a Roman Catholic); FG Cole, Mother of All Churches; a brief
and comprehensive Handbook of the Holy Eastern Orthodox Church, ib. ..."
3. The Greeks in America by J. P. Xenides (1922)
"The Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church is the church of Russia, Serbia, Rumania,
... There are four historic patriarchates of the Eastern Orthodox Church, ..."
4. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The Constitution establishes the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ (Greek Orthodoxy)
as the prevailing religion, but also provides for the right of all ..."
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