ORTHODOX

[adjective] - (of beliefs, ideas or activities) following generally accepted beliefs or standardsorthodox treatment/methodsorthodox views/opinionsWe would prefer a more orthodox approach/solution to the problem.Compare heterodox.In religion, people who are orthodox have more traditional beliefs than other people in the same religious group.orthodox Christians/Jews/MuslimsThe Orthodox Church is one part of the Christian Church, with many members in Greece and eastern Europe.a Greek Orthodox bishopRussian Orthodox ChristiansOrthodox medicine uses drugs and operations to cure illness.She is a cancer sufferer who has rejected orthodox medicine and turned instead to acupuncture and other forms of alternative medicine.