Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paleo-orthodoxy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: pa-le-o-ortho-doxy
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An evangelical Christian movement in the late 20th and early 21st centuries that emphasizes the ancient Christian consensus of the undivided Church of the first millennium AD.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Paleo-orthodoxy is a movement similar in some respects to Neo-evangelicalism but emphasising the ancient Christian consensus of the undivided Church of the first millennium AD, including in particular the early Creeds and councils of the Church as a means of properly understanding the Scriptures."
"A similar but different response is Thomas Oden's paleo-orthodoxy."

Etymology

From paleo- + orthodoxy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: paleo

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does paleo-orthodoxy mean?: An evangelical Christian movement in the late 20th and early 21st centuries that emphasizes the ancient Christian consensus of the undivided Church of the first millennium AD.
Where does paleo-orthodoxy come from?: From paleo- + orthodoxy.

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