| Eastern Church |
the Eastern Orthodox Church. [1/2 definitions] |
| Eastern Orthodox Church |
the modern group of Christian churches, such as the Russian and Greek Orthodox, that originated in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. |
| Greek |
of or pertaining to the Greek Orthodox Church or its adherents. [1/6 definitions] |
| Greek Orthodox Church |
the national church of Greece, which is a part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. [2 definitions] |
| Holy Synod |
the governing body of any of the Eastern Orthodox churches, composed of bishops under the authority of a patriarch. |
| icon |
a visual representation of a deity or sacred personage which is itself regarded as sacred, esp. in certain churches, such as the Russian Orthodox. [1/4 definitions] |
| Kyrie eleison |
Lord, have mercy (Greek); a supplication or invocation that is part of many liturgies in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. [1/2 definitions] |
| liberal |
not adhering to the literal, exact, or orthodox; freely interpretive; not strict. [1/8 definitions] |
| metropolitan |
a bishop who is the head of a church province, as in the Eastern Orthodox Church. [1/7 definitions] |
| nonorthodox |
combined form of orthodox. |
| orthodox |
(cap.) of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism or to Jews who practice Orthodox Judaism. [2/5 definitions] |
| Orthodox Eastern Church |
variant of Eastern Orthodox Church. |
| orthodoxy |
the condition or quality of being orthodox. [2 definitions] |
| Pietist |
a member of a German movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that stressed personal piety over orthodox devotion in seeking to change certain formalities within the Lutheran Church. |
| pope |
a priest in the Eastern Orthodox Church. [1/3 definitions] |
| Protestant |
a Christian who belongs to a church other than the Catholic Church or an Eastern Orthodox church. |
| revisionism |
any doctrine or view of history that departs from a longstanding or widely accepted doctrine or view, esp. from orthodox Marxism, or that advocates practices that depart from it. |
| Sunna |
the traditional body of Muslim law, based on the teachings and practices of Muhammad but not attributed directly to him, and followed by orthodox Muslims. |
| Talmud |
the two-part collection of rabbinic writings on civil and religious law that is authoritative for traditional, esp. Orthodox, Judaism. (See Mishnah, Gemara.) |
| ultraorthodox |
combined form of orthodox. |
| unorthodox |
deviating from that which is customary, generally approved, or conventional; not orthodox. |