O`ri*en"tal (?), a. [L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.
The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations.
Sir T. Browne.
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O`ri*en"tal, n.
1.
A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.
2. pl. Eccl.
Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
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