Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The Eastern Orthodox Church.

    Holonyms: Christianity, Church

    Meronyms: Greek Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Church

  2. (countable, uncountable)The Eastern body of Christendom.

    orthodoxe Kirche, Orthodoxe Kirche

    правосла́вная це́рковьpravoslávnaja cérkovʹ

    правосла́вна це́ркваpravoslávna cérkva

  3. (countable, uncountable)That part of Christendom apart from the Eastern Catholic Churches.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Any Church that self-designates as Orthodox.

More definitions
  • derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites

Examples

2 sentences
  1. After the representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church interfered with Neptune Day celebrations, the Amur region was flooded.

    Після того, як представники Російської Православної Церкви не дали провести День Нептуна, у Приамур’ї почалася повінь. — User55521

    ruПосле того, как представители Русской Православной Церкви не дали провести День Нептуна, в Приамурье начался паводок. — User55521

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  2. The Russian Orthodox Church sanctified the czar and is now a mouthpiece for Vladimir Putin's imperialist baby-killing wars.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the Eastern body of Christendom:
Русский
By meaning 1
the Eastern body of Christendom:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the Eastern body of Christendom:

Forms

plural: Orthodox Churches

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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