All 4 Uses of
orthodox
in
The Magic Mountain
- "Genghis Khan," he said, "lone wolves on dusky steppes, snow and schnapps, whips and knouts, Schlusselburg prison and Holy Orthodoxy.†
Chpt 5.5orthodoxy = a commonly accepted belief or practice
- Isn't it—what's the word—heretical, unorthodox, incorrect?†
Chpt 6.3 *unorthodox = unusual (describing thinking or behavior as uncommon or nontraditional)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unorthodox means not and reverses the meaning of orthodox. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- There was something unorthodox and sectarian about him, as if he were conversant with God, a baalshem or zaddik, a miracle man, particularly since, using only blood and spoken charms, he had once healed a woman with a loathsome skin condition and on another occasion had cured a boy of seizures.†
Chpt 6.6
- But canon law demanded only orthodoxy and membership in the ecclesiastical community and, casting aside all national and social considerations, allowed slaves and prisoners of war the right to bequeath and inherit property.†
Chpt 7.4orthodoxy = a commonly accepted belief or practice
Definitions:
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(1)
(orthodox) normal (describing thinking or behavior as commonly or traditionally accepted)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
"Orthodox" (especially when capitalized) can also reference churches or religious orders that are more conservative than those that are non-orthodox.