orthodoxy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: orthodoxy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthodoxy n the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) Antonym(s): heterodoxy, unorthodoxy a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards Antonym(s): heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orthodoxy \Or"thodox`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.