Definition of Greek orthodox

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church.


Definition of Greek orthodox

1. Adjective. Describing any Eastern Orthodox Church that is ethnically Greek or uses Greek liturgy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greek Orthodox

Grecized
Greco
Greco-
Greco-Buddhism
Greco-Roman
Greco-Roman architecture
Greco-Roman deity
Grecogenous
Grecophone
Grecophones
Greece
Greek Catholic
Greek Christian Scriptures
Greek Church
Greek Orthodox
Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Sign Language
Greek alphabet
Greek architecture
Greek calends
Greek capital
Greek chorus
Greek clover
Greek cross
Greek deity
Greek drachma
Greek fire
Greek fret
Greek fries

Literary usage of Greek orthodox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The Eastern Church in America: The greek orthodox Church in present United ... The increase of greek orthodox communities in the United States has been ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Hence these divisions of the Greek Church are respectively called the "Greek Orthodox" and the "Greek Catholic" for convenience in designation. ..."

3. The Canadian Law Times by Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram (1919)
"Is. Chrysta, Congregation of the Orthodox Greek- Catholic Church." " greek orthodox Roman! ... greek orthodox Congregation ..."

4. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1890)
"Very soon, however, he and almost all his followers returned to their allegiance to the greek orthodox church. Leo XIII. in his encyclical of AI>. ..."

5. The Russian Immigrant by Jerome Davis (1922)
"CHAPTER V ORGANIZED SOCIAL FORCES: RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL The Russian Greek Orthodox Church WE have already noted in Chapter II that representatives of ..."

6. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Many attribute the preservation of Greek national identity to the actions of the greek orthodox Church during approximately 400 years of Ottoman rule and ..."

7. Religious Intolerance in Europe Today: Hearing Before the Commission on edited by Alfonse M. D'Amato (1999)
"... Primate of the greek orthodox Archdiocese of America, whom I have the honor to represent, for the opportunity and the privilege to address the plight of ..."

8. Dante and the Book of the Cosmos: Transactions, APS by John Demaray (2007)
"The greek orthodox altar in the Holy Sepulchre at the traditional site of the cross, a cross proclaimed in medieval pilgrimage texts to have been made from ..."

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