православие

Kazakh
Alternative scripts
Arabic پراۆوسلۆيە
Cyrillic православие
Latin pravoslavie

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian правосла́вие (pravoslávije).

Noun

православие • (pravoslavie)

  1. Orthodoxy

Derived terms

Macedonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pravɔˈsɫavi(j)ɛ]

Noun

православие • (pravoslavie) n (relational adjective православен)

  1. Orthodoxy

Declension
Declension of православие
singular plural
indefinite православие православија
definite unspecified православието православијата
definite proximal православиево православијава
definite distal православиено православијана
vocative православие православија

Russian

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía, “correctness in doctrine and belief”). From пра́вый (právyj, “right, correct”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ сла́ва (sláva, “glory, glorification; (general) opinion”) +‎ -ие (-ije).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [prəvɐsˈɫavʲɪje]
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Noun

правосла́вие • (pravoslávije) n inan (genitive правосла́вия, uncountable)

  1. (literally) Orthodoxy
  2. the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christianity
  3. the Russian Orthodox Church

Usage notes

While православие is mostly used for the Orthodox Church, it is also used by some Rodnover groups in Russia and Ukraine as a name for their neopagan religion.

Declension
Declension of правосла́вие (inan sg-only neut-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative правосла́вие
pravoslávije
genitive правосла́вия
pravoslávija
dative правосла́вию
pravosláviju
accusative правосла́вие
pravoslávije
instrumental правосла́вием
pravoslávijem
prepositional правосла́вии
pravoslávii

Antonyms
  • инославие (inoslavije), кривославие (krivoslavije) (heterodox)

Derived terms
  • древлеправославие (drevlepravoslavije, “Old Orthodoxy”) (the Old Believers)
  • правосла́вие головно́го мо́зга (pravoslávije golovnóvo mózga, “orthodoxy of the brain”), ПГМ (PGM) (internet slang, derogatory)
  • православный (pravoslavnyj, “orthodox”)

See also
  • долбосла́вие (dolboslávije, “stupid-glory”) (Internet slang, derogatory term used for Slavic neopaganism)
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