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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