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n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; perverted opinion; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; opinion. ] Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Doxologized; p. pr. & vb. n. Doxologizing. ] To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Doxologies [ LL. doxologia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; praising, giving glory; &unr_; opinion, estimation, glory, praise (from &unr_; to think, imagine) + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. doxologie. See Dogma, and Legend. ] In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Doxies [ See Duck a pet. ] A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel.
Syn. -- genus Hamamelidoxylon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; other + &unr_; opinion; cf. F. hétérodoxe. ] 1. Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons. Macaulay.

-- Het"er*o*dox`ly, adv. -- Het"er*o*dox`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not orthodox. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. hétérodoxie. ] An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Orthodox to an excessive degree.
Syn. -- ultraorthodox. [ PJC ]

n. Orthodoxy pushed to excess.
Syn. -- ultraorthodoxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Indigo + hydroxyl. ] (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to, or producing, indoxyl; as, indoxylic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. orthodoxus, Gr. 'orqo`doxos; 'orqo`s right, true + do`xa opinion, dokei^n to think, seem; cf. F. orthodoxe. See Ortho-, Dogma. ] 1. Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Adhering to generally approved doctrine or practices; conventional. Opposed to unorthodox. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

He saluted me on both cheeks in the orthodox manner. H. R. Haweis. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to the churches of the Eastern Christian rite, especially the Greek Orthodox or Russian Orthodox churches, which do not recognize the supremacy of the Pope of Rome in matters of faith. [ PJC ]

☞ The term orthodox differs in its use among the various Christian communions. The Greek Church styles itself the “Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church, ” regarding all other bodies of Christians as more or less heterodox. The Roman Catholic Church regards the Protestant churches as heterodox in many points. In the United States the term orthodox is frequently used with reference to divergent views on the doctrine of the Trinity. Thus it has been common to speak of the Trinitarian Congregational churches in distinction from the Unitarian, as Orthodox.` The name is also applied to the conservative, in distinction from the “liberal”, or Hicksite, body in the Society of Friends. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Orthodoxness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Orthodoxly. [ R. ] Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Orthodox. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being orthodox; orthodoxy. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; -- said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. By extension, said of any generally accepted doctrine or belief; the orthodox practice or belief. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n.; pl. paradoxes [ F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr. Gr. para`doxon; para` beside, beyond, contrary to + dokei^n to think, suppose, imagine. See Para-, and Dogma. ] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrostatic paradox. See under Hydrostatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Paradoxical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ paradox + -ism. ca. 1980 ] An avant-garde movement in literature, art, and philosophy, based on excessive used of antitheses, antinomies, contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes. Charles Le (https://web.archive.org/web/20091018202429/http://www.geocities.com/charlestle/paradoxism.html) [ PJC ]

Paradoxism originated in Romania in the 1980s as a way of protesting against a closed society and a totalitarian regime. It is based on an excessive use of antimonies, antitheses, contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes. It was set up and led by the writer Florentin Smarandache in the 1980's, who said: “The goal is the enlargement of the artistic sphere through non-artistic elements”.
One example of such a paradox is the two-line poem:
Even if he didn't
He did

A free eBook on "Paradoxism and Postmodernism" can be downloaded from https://zenodo.org/record/8865#.YIWBb_kvBhE. [ Charles Le ]

n., /mhw>, n. One who proposes a paradox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Paradox + -logy. ] The use of paradoxes. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. para`doxos incredible, paradoxical + o'yra` tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related. ] (Zool.) Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See Musang. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A paradoxical statement; a paradox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being paradoxical. Coleridge [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. pseydo`doxos; pseydh`s false + do`xa an opinion. ] Not true in opinion or doctrine; false. -- n. A false opinion or doctrine. “To maintain the atheistical pseudodox which judgeth evil good, and darkness light.” T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The established church of the Russian empire up to the revolution of 1917, at which time the ruling Communist party tried to suppress all religious worship. The czar was the nominal head of the church, but he never claimed the right of deciding questions of theology and dogma. It still forms a portion, by far the largest, of the Orthodox (Eastern) Church and is governed by the Patriarch and the Holy Synod. In 1988 the church, with official approval, celebrated the 1000 year anniversary of the baptism of Russia. After breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Russian Church began to regain some its old influence in Russian life, and the government turned over some of the confiscated churches back to church control. The Russian Church was recognized anew as the official church of Russia, with special priveleges, by an act of the Russian Duma in 1997. The Metropolitan of Moscow, as Patriarch of the church, is regarded as the first among equals in order of deference among bishops of the church. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]