The distinctive epithet of that section of the Christian Church (commonly known also as the Eastern Church (Eastern Church n.) or (Holy) Orthodox C…

Chiefly with capital initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Church of the Eastern Roman Empire (see sense A. 6b), esp. the Eastern or…

Belonging to the Greek Church. Obsolete. rare.

Of or relating to the Orthodox Churches: = Greek, adj. 3. Obsolete.

= Abyssinian, adj. 1.

Designating the Eastern Orthodox Church; of or relating to this church. Now rare.

= orthodox, adj. 3.

Christian Church. Usually with capital initial. Of, relating to, or designating the churches of Eastern Christendom, esp. the family of…

Designating the Eastern Orthodox Church; of or relating to this church; = Anatolian, adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.