noun
derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites (Freq. 1)
• Members of this Topic: ↑canonization, ↑canonisation, ↑bishop
• Hypernyms: ↑Catholic Church
• Hyponyms: ↑Greek Orthodox Church, ↑Greek Church, ↑Russian Orthodox Church
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noun
the Orthodox Church
: a branch of the Christian church that has members mainly in the area from eastern Europe to eastern Africa
the Eastern Orthodox Church
the Russian/Greek/Ethiopian Orthodox Church
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a branch of the Christian Church in eastern Europe and Greece
See also: ↑Eastern Orthodox Church
Useful english dictionary. 2012.