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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Or′thodox Church′(n.)

  1. the Christian church comprising the local and national Eastern churches that are in communion with the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople; Byzantine Church.

    Category: Religion

  2. (orig.) the Christian church of those countries formerly comprising the Eastern Roman Empire and of countries evangelized from it.

    Category: Religion

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox(noun)

    derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites

Wiktionary

  1. Orthodox Church(Noun)

    The Eastern body of Christendom

  2. Orthodox Church(Noun)

    That part of Christendom apart from the Catholic Church

  3. Orthodox Church(Noun)

    Any non-Catholic Church

  4. Orthodox Church(Noun)

    The Eastern Orthodox Church


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