ORTHODOX

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3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to Ant: heretical and Ant: heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian.

2.
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According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.

3.
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Approved; conventional. He saluted me on both cheeks in the orthodox manner. H. R. Haweis.


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