Bible Dictionaries
Orthodoxy

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; - said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Orthodoxy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/orthodoxy.html. 1828.