Both Uses of
orthodox
in
The Scarlet Letter
- They knew, these excellent old persons, that, by all established rule—and, as regarded some of them, weighed by their own lack of efficiency for business—they ought to have given place to younger men, more orthodox in politics, and altogether fitter than themselves to serve our common Uncle.†
Chpt Intr.
- So the minister, and the physician with him, withdrew again within the limits of what their Church defined as orthodox.
Chpt 9 *orthodox = what is commonly accepted
Definition:
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(orthodox) normal (describing thinking or behavior as commonly or traditionally accepted)