oriental
adjective
Usually Oriental
orientals
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pluralof oriental.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In fact, the ebb and flow of florals and orientals is part of a dialectic over 400 years old.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
True pearls, or "orientals," are formed in oysters by the deposition of concentric layers of nacre, an iridescent substance, around a microbe or some other irritant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Secrecy surpassed itself when the League Secretariat officially announced that Chinese Delegate Dr. Sze and Japanese Delegate Mr. Yoshizawa had agreed to a "truce"'-whereupon both orientals denied the official announcement.
From Time Magazine Archive
The subject of oriental rugs, to be intelligently discussed, would require an entire book, and there are books that may be and should be studied by those who can afford orientals.
From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin
There was a Jewish asceticism—similar to what is found frequently among orientals, and was practised in Europe among the Pythagoreans—which required men to abstain from animal food altogether and from wine.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
