单词 | orthodox |
释义 | orthodoxor‧tho‧dox /ˈɔːθədɒks $ ˈɔːrθədɑːks/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINorthodox ExamplesOrigin: 1500-1600 French orthodoxe, from Late Latin, from Late Greek orthodoxos, from Greek ortho- (from orthos ‘straight, correct’) + doxa ‘opinion’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUSbelieving in a religion► religious Collocations believing strongly in a religion and obeying its rules: · My father was a very religious man.· Are you religious? ► devout having a very strong belief in a religion: · a devout Catholic ► orthodox believing in the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion: · orthodox Jews Longman Language Activatorhaving strong religious beliefs► religious · At one time, I was very religious and a regular church-goer.· He's always been a religious man, and I think that has helped him.deeply religious (=very religious) · Like many Victorians, Ruskin was deeply religious.· Hooker was born on a Mississippi farm, to a deeply religious mother who disapproved of almost all music. ► practising British /practicing American practising Catholic, Jew, Muslim etc is actively involved in a particular religion and keeps its rules, customs etc: · Harri was the only practising Muslim in the class.· Over 500 of the prisoners are practising Christians. ► devout believing very strongly in a particular religion and carefully obeying all its rules: devout Muslim/Catholic/Jew etc: · Bernard was the most devout of all her sons.· Rachel's parents are devout Mormons.· The shema is still repeated daily by devout Jews the world over. ► pious having strong religious beliefs and showing this in the way you behave: · She reminded Corbett of a sweet, pious young nun he once knew.· Ethelred was not the most pious of kings, and his clashes with the church were stormy and frequent. pious Jew/Muslim/Catholic etc: · There are 613 commandments required of a pious Jew. ► orthodox believing in, and following very closely, all the ideas, rules, and customs of one of the main religions, even when other people within the same religion do not always think they are important: · Orthodox Christianity teaches that Jesus was raised to life three days after he was crucified.· The Almoravids attempted to bring Africa back to orthodox Islamic practice.orthodox Jew/Muslim/Christian etc: · This interpretation of Karma is rejected by orthodox Hindus. ► fundamentalist someone who believes strongly that the laws of their religion must be followed very strictly: · The president's announcement is bound to anger religious fundamentalists.· When it comes to gay sex, fundamentalists and Catholics are more than willing to co-operate with each other.Islamic/Muslim/Christian/Hindu etc fundamentalist: · The protest was led by a small group of Christian fundamentalists. WORD SETS► Religionacolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► conventional/orthodox medicine 1orthodox ideas, methods, or behaviour are accepted by most people to be correct and right SYN conventional: orthodox medical treatments He challenged the orthodox views on education.2someone who is orthodox has the opinions and beliefs that are generally accepted as being right, and does not have new or different ideas: Orthodox economists believe that a recession is now inevitable. an orthodox Marxist3believing in all the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion: an orthodox Jew► see thesaurus at religious (=ordinary modern medicine)· Some sufferers reject conventional medicine. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more· Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence will include Slaven in a more orthodox formation.· Just the kind of thing a team without a more orthodox identity would try.· Equally satisfactory results can be obtained using more orthodox treatments.· The present more orthodox incumbent was a tough man as well as an Augustine; accustomed to risky assignments in Cairo. NOUN► account· Like the orthodox account, they locate the crisis specifically within the prison rather than in the penal system as a whole.· We think it is roughly correct to say that the orthodox account sees the different factors interacting as in Figure 1.1.· One could try to modify the orthodox account to accommodate these factual discrepancies.· This humanistic attention to the subjective interpretation by prisoners of their situation marks a distinct departure from the orthodox account.· The orthodox account of scientific practice represents a marriage between the two traditions just outlined. ► church· The monks of Valaam could be regarded as the future of the orthodox church. ► medicine· We therefore should aim at integration rather than separation from orthodox medicine.· Many practitioners of orthodox medicine boggle over the accuracy of reflexology's diagnoses.· It's complementary to orthodox medicine.· In this respect orthodox medicine may have placed itself at some disadvantage to its complementary counterparts. ► religion· Why is the word regarded with some revulsion among the orthodox religions?· Both are sons of prosperous professional fathers, who are devout and emphasized the importance of orthodox religion in the home.· This is possibly correct where the interpretations of those two terms are consistent with orthodox religions. ► view· I perceived that the orthodox view of Time, as gradually established in the Western world, was a mistaken one.· In the orthodox view the illness is considered to be the sum total of the symptoms and signs which it produces.· All theories have difficulties to overcome, and there is certainly no need to abandon the orthodox view.· He challenges the orthodox view that elderly people turn to formal agencies for help only when informal support is absent or inadequate. |
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