ORIENTAL

, situated towards the east with regard to us: in opposition to occidental or the west.

Oriental Astronomy, Philosophy, &c, used for those of the east, or of the Arabians, Chaldeans, Persians, Indians, &c.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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