orthopraxadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɔːθəpraks/, U.S.

/ˈɔrθoʊˌpræks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ortho- comb. form, praxis n.

Etymology: < ortho- comb. form + prax- (in praxis n.), originally after orthodox adj. (see quot. 1852). Compare orthopraxy n. In later use perhaps after orthopraxis n.

Correct in practice (as distinct from thought or belief); doing right. Also occasionally as n. (with the): orthoprax people as a class.Quot. 1852 is probably an isolated use unconnected to the later evidence. Now used chiefly in contexts relating to the sociology and anthropology of religion.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective] > acting rightly or that does good

well-workinglOE

well-doing1609

eupractic1833

orthoprax1852

1852 T. T. Lynch Orthodoxy in Lett. to Scattered (1872) 270 I know not how I may best convince you that I am orthodox,..but..at least I desire to be orthoprax... To be orthoprax, reader, is to do aright according to the commandment of the everlasting God, as to be orthodox is to think aright.

1961 J. A. Williams Islam 174 The party which maintained that if a man called himself a Muslim yet did not behave in an orthoprax or devout fashion, so long as there was any reasonable doubt that he had apostacized he should be left to the judgment of God.

1967 Current Anthropol. 8 378 (table) Political use of religious symbols is resulting in the gradual assimilation of Muslims and Hindus into the ‘orthodox’ or ‘orthoprax’ versions of their respective cults.

1982 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 41 287 The only thing missing in this volume is a clear exposition of what an orthoprax, ‘right-doing’ Hindu accepts.

1994 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 53 239 After more than 250 years of unremitting effort, the Buddhist society of the preceding Koryǒ dynasty had become perhaps the most orthoprax Confucian society in East Asia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orthoprax
释义	orthopraxadj.n. Brit. /ˈɔːθəpraks/, U.S. /ˈɔrθoʊˌpræks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ortho- comb. form, praxis n. Etymology: < ortho- comb. form + prax- (in praxis n.), originally after orthodox adj. (see quot. 1852). Compare orthopraxy n. In later use perhaps after orthopraxis n. Correct in practice (as distinct from thought or belief); doing right. Also occasionally as n. (with the): orthoprax people as a class.Quot. 1852 is probably an isolated use unconnected to the later evidence. Now used chiefly in contexts relating to the sociology and anthropology of religion. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective] > acting rightly or that does good well-workinglOE well-doing1609 eupractic1833 orthoprax1852 1852 T. T. Lynch Orthodoxy in Lett. to Scattered (1872) 270 I know not how I may best convince you that I am orthodox,..but..at least I desire to be orthoprax... To be orthoprax, reader, is to do aright according to the commandment of the everlasting God, as to be orthodox is to think aright. 1961 J. A. Williams Islam 174 The party which maintained that if a man called himself a Muslim yet did not behave in an orthoprax or devout fashion, so long as there was any reasonable doubt that he had apostacized he should be left to the judgment of God. 1967 Current Anthropol. 8 378 (table) Political use of religious symbols is resulting in the gradual assimilation of Muslims and Hindus into the ‘orthodox’ or ‘orthoprax’ versions of their respective cults. 1982 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 41 287 The only thing missing in this volume is a clear exposition of what an orthoprax, ‘right-doing’ Hindu accepts. 1994 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 53 239 After more than 250 years of unremitting effort, the Buddhist society of the preceding Koryǒ dynasty had become perhaps the most orthoprax Confucian society in East Asia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1852
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