Orthodox
Orthodox adjective - Following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules.
Usage example: schoolteachers tended to favor poets who followed a very orthodox style of poetry
Proper is a synonym for orthodox in accepted topic. In some cases you can use "Proper" instead an adjective "Orthodox", when it comes to topics like conventional.
Nearby Word: orthodoxy
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The Ultra-Orthodox Jews spend a lot of time and money telling all the other Jews that the only proper expression of Jewish culture, history, or heritage is an Orthodox lifestyle.
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However, a traditionalist Catholic wouldn't use the term "Apocrypha"; since they're considered inspired scripture in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions, the proper term is "deuterocanon" (secondary canon).
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Proper and Orthodox. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/orthodox/proper
Orthodox & Proper. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/orthodox/proper>.
Proper or Orthodox. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/orthodox/proper.
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