HETERODOX in a Sentence

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To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox.

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 Meanings and Examples of HETERODOX
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heterodox
 a.  unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine
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1  To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox.