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. [Fr. orien tal, from Lat. oriental is, from oriens (gen it. orien tis ), pr. par. of orior to rise.] [ORIENT, a.] IMG:content-0365.png:[blocks in formation] "Set with great and oriental perles." -Hall: Henry VIII. (an. 12). B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of an eastern country; an Asiatic. "The Jews, and all the Orientals , took all those prop he cies in a literal sense." -Grew: Cosmo. Sacra , bk. iv., ch. 1. oriental-amethyst, s. Min .: A variety of sapphire (q. v.), of various shades of purple, resembling those of amethyst. oriental-carnelian, s . Min.: A carnelian (q.v.) of a very deep color. oriental-opal, s. [PRECIOUS-OPAL.] oriental-region, s. Zool. & Geog.: A small, compact, but rich and varied region, consisting of all India and China from the limits of the Pale arctic region, all the Malay peninsula and islands as far east as Java, Borneo and the Philippines, and Formosa. ( Wallacez Geog. Dist. Anim ., i. 75.) IMG:content-0366.jpg:[blocks in formation] oriental-ruby, s. or-i-flam me, *or-1-flamb ( b silent), or-y- Min.: The true ruby, a red variety of sapphire flambe, s . [O. Fr. oriflamble, from Low Lat. (q. v.). [RUBY.] oriental-sapphire, s. a uri flamm a =a golden flame, a golden banner; Lat. aurum =gold, and flamm a =a flame.] The ancient royal banner of France; orig- Min.: The true sapphire (q. v.), which includes inally the banner of the abbey the transparent varieties of corundum. IMG:content-0367.png:[blocks in formation] "The separation of the sexes which disgraces modern Orientalism."- Cooper : Heroines of the Past , p. 6. 3. Knowledge of oriental languages and literature. ör-i-en-tal-ist, s. [Eng. oriental; -ist.] 1. An inhabitant or native of eastern countries; an oriental. 2. One who is learned in the languages and liter a. ture of eastern nations; one who studies eastern languages, antiquities, politics, sociology, or customs. "Profe or Bjom Sthal, a Swedish orientalist ."-Teignmouth: Life of Sir W. Jones. The first International Congre of Orientalists was held in Paris, Sept. 1, 1873. ör-I-ěn-tăl-1-ty, *ör-1-en-tăl-li-ty, s. [Eng. oriental; -ity.] The quality or state of being ori ental or eastern. IMG:content-0368.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Lit .: The act of turning toward the east; the state of being turned toward the east; a determination of the position of the east. This word is used principally in relation to the erection of houses of worship, it being, among some peoples, considered highly important that sacred edifices should face the rising sun. 2. Fig.: The act of finding out one's true position. II. Technically: 1. Anthrop.: (See extract.) "In discu ing sun-myth and sun-worship, it has come into view how deeply the a ociation in men's minds of the east with light and warmth, life and happine and glory, of the west with darkne and chill, death and decay, has from remote ages rooted itself into religious belief. It will illustrate and confirm this view to observe how the same symbolism of east and west has taken shape in actual ceremony, giving rise to a series of practices concerning the posture of the dead in their graves and the living in their temples, practices which may be cla ed under the general heading of Orientation ."-E. B. Tylor: Prim . Cult . (ed. 1871), ii. 382. 2. Arch .: The placing or building of a church so that its chancel is toward the east, or that part of the east in which the sun rises on the day of the patron saint. 3. Biol .: A term applied to the means by which animals, when taken from home, are able to trace their way back. 4. Surv .: The act of determining the direction of the side of a triangle, or the direction of a chain of triangles.