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Common collocations with orthodox in American Collocation

orthodox adjective

US /ˈɔrθəˌdɑks/

strictly

rigidly
strictly

He was as rigidly orthodox as Mark Twain was revolutionary.

in a particular way

doctrinally
theologically

Like Newton, most scientists at this time were theologically orthodox.

religious belief system

creed
doctrine
dogma
theology
Judaism, Christianity etc

Orthodox Protestant theology counts among its central doctrines the primacy of the individual conscience.

believer

believer
rabbi
theologian
Jew, Muslim etc

Both parties were orthodox Jews and were required, under Jewish law, to refer their disputes to a Beth Din.

political or scientific system

medicine
Marxism, Darwinism etc

There are already more alternative ‘healers’ in Britain than practitioners of orthodox medicine.