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–noun, plural -dox·ies for 1.

1.	orthodox belief or practice.

2.	orthodox character.

[Origin: 1620–30; < LL orthodoxia < Gk orthodoxía right opinion, equiv. to orthódox(os) (see orthodox) + -ia -y³

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or·tho·dox·y Audio Help (ôr'thə-dŏk'sē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. or·tho·dox·ies

The quality or state of being orthodox.
Orthodox practice, custom, or belief.
Orthodoxy
1. The beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
2. Orthodox Judaism.

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orthodoxy
noun
1.	the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) [ant: heterodoxy]
2.	a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards [ant: heresy]

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Orthodoxy

Or"tho*dox`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.

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