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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.

ide of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

by Bernard Palissy; especially, that having figures of fishes, reptiles, etc., in high relief.

A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C.

A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing. Dunglison.

r deed. "In thy passages of life." Shak. The . . . almost incredible passage of their unbelief. South.

A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like.

A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed. Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. Jefferson.

Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.

A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained.

A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.

will of God, and earnest devotion to his service. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler.

A small plaque, esp., in modern medal engraving, a small and delicate bas-relief, whether cast or struck from a die, or of form other than circular.

The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods. In the Old Testament, the gradual development of polytheism from the primitive monotheism may be learned. Shaff-Herzog.

mile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief. By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained. Hansard.

are the poor in spirit." Matt. v. 3. Poor law, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor. -- Poor man's treacle (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng] Dr. Prior. -- Poor man's weatherglass (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel (Anagallis…

of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a received belief. Shak.

The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar.

Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.