Definition of orient

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Orient (a.) Rising, as the sun..

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Sarabaite :: Sarabaite (n.) One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.
Fakir :: Fakir (n.) An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk.
Disorientate :: Disorientate (v. t.) To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth..
Sepoy :: Sepoy (n.) A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner..
Vanglo :: Vanglo (n.) Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies..
Orient :: Orient (a.) Eastern; oriental.
Orientalist :: Orientalist (n.) An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.
Orientalize :: Orientalize (v. t.) to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
Liquidambar :: Liquidambar (n.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor..
Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.
Sesame :: Sesame (n.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne..
Orient :: Orient (n.) The countries of Asia or the East.
Vizier :: Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.
Firman :: Firman (n.) In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance..
Orientation :: Orientation (n.) An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end..
Orientalism :: Orientalism (n.) Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people..
Oriental :: Oriental (n.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
Pomegranate :: Pomegranate (n.) The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp..
Lacwork :: Lacwork (n.) Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind..
Caperberry :: Caperberry (n.) The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment..
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