православие

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	پراۆوسلۆيە
Cyrillic	православие
Latin	pravoslavie

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian правосла́вие (pravoslávije).

Noun

православие • (pravoslavie)

1. Orthodoxy

Derived terms

• православиелік (pravoslavielık)

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)