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EASTERN ORTHODOX

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites

Synonyms:

Eastern Church; Eastern Orthodox; Eastern Orthodox Church; Orthodox Catholic Church; Orthodox Church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Eastern Orthodox" is a kind of...):

Catholic Church (any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church)

Domain member category:

canonisation; canonization ((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints)

bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Eastern Orthodox"):

Greek Church; Greek Orthodox Church (state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church)

Russian Orthodox Church (an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Synonyms:

Eastern Orthodox; Greek Orthodox; Orthodox; Russian Orthodox

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Pertainym:

Orthodox Church (derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites)

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