Meaning of orient | Babel Free

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1. Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”)
2. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
3. Usually preceded by the: a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia).
4. A city and town in Illinois.
5. A pear cultivar from the United States
6. Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”) .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
7. A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension) any pearl of particular beauty and value.
   obsolete
8. The countries east of the Mediterranean.
   dated
9. A city and town in Iowa.
10. the east (China, Japan etc). the mysteries of the Orient. die Ooste, Oriënt الشَّرْق Изтокът oriente Orient der Orient Orienten Ανατολή Oriente idamaad مشرق Itä Orient אַרצוֹת הַמִזרָח पूर्व Daleki Istok Kelet Timur Austurlönd fjær Oriente 東洋 동양 Rytai Austrumi Timur Oosten Orienten, Østen Wschód ختيځ oriente Orient Восток Orient Orient Orijent Orienten ประเทศทางตะวันออกของทวีปเอเซีย doğu 東方 Схід; країни Сходу مشرق phương Đông 东方
    etc
11. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east
12. The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl.
    broadly
13. A town in Maine.
14. in or from the east. oriental art. Oosters, Oriëntaal شَرْقي източен oriental orientální orientalisch orientalsk; asiatisk ανατολικός, ανατολίτικος oriental orientaalne شرقی itämainen oriental, d'Orient מזרחי पूर्वी istočnjački keleti ketimuran Austurlanda-; austrænn orientale 東洋の 동양의 Rytų, rytietiškas austrumu-; austrumniecisks Timur oostersorientalorientalny, wschodni ختيځ oriental oriental восточный orientálny orientalski orijentalan orientalisk ของประเทศทางตะวันออกในทวีปเอเซีย Doğuya ait ...
15. A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; any pearl of particular beauty and value
16. A census-designated place and hamlet in New York.
17. a person who comes from the east. Oosterling شَخْص شَرْقي ориенталец oriental orientálec der Orientale/die Orientalin orientaler; asiater ανατολίτης oriental idamaalane اهل مشرق زمین itämaalainen Oriental/-ale מזרחי पूर्वी istočnjak keleti orang timur austurlenskur orientale 東洋人 동양인 Rytų gyventojas austrumnieks orang Timur oorsterling orientaler mieszkaniec Wschodu د ختيځ اوسيدونكى oriental ori­ental житель Востока orientálec orientalec orijentalac oriental คนที่มาจากประเทศทางตะวันออกในทวีปเอ...
18. The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl
19. A town and village in South Dakota.
20. oriente, este.
21. Rising, like the morning sun
22. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia.
23. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality.
24. Archaic The place on the horizon where the sun rises; the east.
    Archaic
25. Having exceptional luster: orient gemstones.
26. Archaic Eastern; oriental.
    Archaic
27. To align or position in a particular direction or in a particular relation to the points of the compass: orient the swimming pool north and south; oriented the telescope toward the moon.

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Examples

“I, from the orient to the drooping weſt, / Making the wind my poſthorſe, ſtill unfold / The acts commenced on this ball of earth: […]”

“God planted Paradise in Eden, in the orients; and placed there the man whom he had formed.”

“I pitch my tent upon the naked sands, / And the tall palm, that plumes the orient lands, / Can with its beauty satisfy my heart.”

“Loe in the Orient when the gracious light, Lifts vp his burning head, each vnder eye Doth homage to his new appearing ſight, [...]”

“Morn in the white wake of the morning star / Came furrowing all the orient into gold.”

“The chambers of the East are opened in every land, and the sun comes forth to sow the earth with orient pearl.”

“It is indeed an 'extensive Volume,' of boundless, almost formless contents, a very Sea of Thought; neither calm nor clear, if you will; yet wherein the toughest pearl-diver may dive to his utmost depth, and return not only with sea-wreck but with true orients.”

“Henry II. wore jewelled gloves reaching to the elbow, and had a hawk-glove sewn with twelve rubies and fifty-two great orients.”

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