Ōr'tho-dŏx'y, n.

noun

n. [Gr. ὀρθοδοξία, Fr. orthodoxie, Sp. ortodoxia, It. ortodossia. See supra.]

Sense 1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures.

Basil bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy. Waterland.

Sense 2. Consonance to genuine scriptural doctrines; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.