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.
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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