orthodox Copy link • orthodox: orthŏdoxus: the o. religion, o. religio, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 12: Auct. in Hier.: M. L. (Or by circuml.: o. doctrine, *doctrina quae verae fidei Christianae congruit: to be o. in doctrine, *doctrinam rectam antiquamque tenere.)
ORTHODOX Copy link • ORTHODOXOf persons, verae legis Christianae studiosus (after Ammianus, 25, 10, 5). But *orthodoxus is almost indispensable as technical term (Krebs). Of things, *orthodoxus; *verae, antiquae, publice receptae doctrinae or religioni conveniens.