orthodox

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OR'THODOX, adjective [See Orthodoxy.] 1. Sound in the christian faith; believing the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures; opposed to heretical; as an orthodox christian. 2. According with the doctrines of Scripture; as an orthodox creed or faith.
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