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Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription.

By way of memorial.

o, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.

Nutritious.

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals. Shipley.

Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries. The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. Sir T. Browne.

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.

o ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.

By way of ornament.

Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.

In a parental manner.

Parliamentary. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to a pediment.

A five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases; -- used as a symbol.

Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments. Dunglison. Pigmentary degeneration (Med.), a morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.