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standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. Strype.

Not orthodox. Howell.

One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.

Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as,…

e followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.

A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.

A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. [Written also muslim.] "Heaps of slaughtered Moslem." Macaulay. They piled the ground with Moslem slain. Halleck.

orm signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic.

A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafeï.

as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.

orn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.

Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker. Do not I know you a favorer Of this new seat Ye are nor sound. Shak.

The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety. The high orthodox subtilism of Duns Scotus. Milman.

A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.

One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.

An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners.

oice. That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy. N. W. Taylor.