Emily Dickinson Lexicon

OR'THO-DOX-Y, n. [Gr. ορθοδοξια; ορθος, right, true, and δοξα, opinion, from δοκεω, to think.]

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