Or`tho*dox"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy;
orthodox.
Or"tho*dox`ly (?), adv. In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Or"tho*dox`ness, n. The quality or state of being orthodox; orthodoxy.
Waterland.
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.