ORIENT'AL, adjective 1. Eastern; situated in the east; as oriental seas or countries. 2. Proceeding from the east; as the oriental radiations of the sun. ORIENT'AL, noun A native or inhabitant of some eastern part of the world. We give the appellation to the inhabitants of Asia from the Hellespont and Mediterranean to Japan.
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