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Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.

An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.

The quality or state of being oriental or eastern. Sir T. Browne.

to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor. [Obs.] Fuller.

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak. Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison.

A standard or ensign, in battle. "A handkerchief like an oriflamb." Longfellow. And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre. Macaulay.

A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare). Spenser.

The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.

A follower of Origen of Alexandria.

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry. Burke.

Capable of being originated.

Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness. Milton.

One who is original. [R.]

The quality or state of being original. Macaulay.

In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation. God is originally holy in himself. Bp. Pearson.

The quality of being original; originality. [R.] Johnson.

Originating; original. [R.] An absolutely originant act of self will. Prof. Shedd.