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1
following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules
- schoolteachers tended to favor poets who followed a very orthodox style of poetry
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2
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
- orthodox in their view of the world, the Founding Fathers subscribed to the 18th-century notion that only men with property should be allowed to vote
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“Orthodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orthodox. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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