orthodoxy

[ awr-thuh-dok-see ]

/ ˈɔr θəˌdɒk si /

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noun, plural or·tho·dox·ies for 1.

orthodox belief or practice.

orthodox character.

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Origin of orthodoxy

1620–30; <Late Latin orthodoxia<Greek orthodoxía right opinion, equivalent to orthódox(os) (see orthodox) + -ia-y³

OTHER WORDS FROM orthodoxy

an·ti·or·tho·dox·y, nounhy·per·or·tho·dox·y, nounpro-or·tho·dox·y, adjectiveun·or·tho·dox·y, noun, plural un·or·tho·dox·ies.

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Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Church, Orthodox Jew, Orthodox Judaism, orthodox sleep, orthodoxy, orthodromic, orthoepy, orthoformate, orthoformic acid, orthogenesis

How to use orthodoxy in a sentence

He hardly spares any codified religion from his angry denunciations, including Orthodoxy.
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But his picture is far richer than the grim founder worship usually found in American political orthodoxy.
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Paul has generated positive headlines with a pivot away from party orthodoxy in recent months.
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What was his argument against the moderate McMahon, who was so willing to buck his own party orthodoxy?
Michael Grimm’s Unhappily Ever After|David Freedlander|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In short, the proposals of the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee have already become party orthodoxy.
Will Ryan Budget Doom GOP in '16?|Ben Jacobs|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The new creed, called the King's Book, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy.
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He has been all his life an ardent Whig, and Clay and Webster were his standards of political orthodoxy.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot|William Gannaway Brownlow
By this time a sad departure from primitive orthodoxy of belief had already taken place.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Even orthodoxy must trip it on tiptoe; there was always some prejudice, some susceptibility to consider.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
It was, however, resolutely opposed, and an outward orthodoxy rigidly kept up.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman

British Dictionary definitions for orthodoxy

orthodoxy

/ (ˈɔːθəˌdɒksɪ) /

noun plural -doxies

orthodox belief or practice

the quality of being orthodox

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