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orthodox |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Orthodox \Or"tho*dox\, a. [L. orthodoxus Gr 'orqo`doxos; 'orqo`s right true + do`xa opinion, dokei^n to think, seem; cf F. orthodoxe. See {Ortho-}, {Dogma}.] 1. Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to {heretical} and {heterodox}; as an orthodox Christian. 2. 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. Approved; conventional. He saluted me on both cheeks in the orthodox manner. --H. R. Haweis Note: The term orthodox differs in its use among the various Christian communions. The Greek Church styles itself the ``Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church,'' regarding all other bodies of Christians as more or less heterodox. The Roman Catholic Church regards the Protestant churches as heterodox in many points. In the United States the term orthodox is frequently used with reference to divergent views on the doctrine of the Trinity. Thus it has been common to speak of the Trinitarian Congregational churches in distinction from the Unitarian, as Orthodox. The name is also applied to the conservative, in distinction from the ``liberal'', or Hicksite, body in the Society of Friends. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Orthodox adj 1: (religion) of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism; "Orthodox Judaism" [syn: {Orthodox}, {Jewish-Orthodox}] 2: adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world" [ant: {unorthodox}] 3: (religion) of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: {Orthodox}, {Eastern Orthodox}, {Russian Orthodox}, {Greek Orthodox}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.
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