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Orthodoxy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Orthodoxy? [n] the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) [n] a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards Synonyms \| Synonyms for Orthodoxy: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Orthodoxy: accommodation \| accord \| accordance \| acquiescence \| adaptation \| adaption \| adjustment \| agreement \| belief \| compliance \| conformance \| conformation other-direction \| conformity \| congruity \| consistency \| conventionality \| correspondence \| credo \| creed \| doctrine \| faith \| firmness \| flexibility \| fundamentalism \| hardness \| harmony \| impliability \| inexorability \| inflexibility \| keeping \| line \| malleability \| obduracy \| obdurateness \| obedience \| observance \| obstinacy \| pliancy \| precisianism \| purism \| puritanism \| reconcilement \| reconciliation \| relentlessness \| religion \| religious belief \| religious faith \| rigidity \| rigidness \| rigor \| rigorousness \| stiffness \| strictness \| stubbornness \| system of beliefs \| teaching \| theology \| tradition \| traditionalism \| unbendingness \| uncompromisingness \| uniformity \| unrelentingness \| unyieldingness See Also \| conformism \| conformity \| convention \| conventionalism \| conventionality \| orientation \| traditionalism \| traditionality \| unoriginality Orthodoxy In Webster's Dictionary \Or"tho*dox`y\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. orthodoxie. See {Orthodox}.] 1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; -- opposed to {heterodoxy} or to {heresy}. Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy. --Waterland. 2. Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; -- said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed. 3. By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.

Orthodoxy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Orthodoxy?

[n] the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
[n] a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards

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Orthodoxy In Webster's Dictionary

\Or"tho*dox`y\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. orthodoxie. See
{Orthodox}.]
1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in
   the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith;
   -- opposed to {heterodoxy} or to {heresy}.

         Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to
         Gregory's orthodoxy.                  --Waterland.

2. Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; -- said of
   moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.

3. By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.

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