ORIENT (2)

O″ri‐ent, n. 1. 1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
came furrowing all the orient into gold. Tennyson. 2. 2. The countries of Asia or the East. Chaucer.
Best built city throughout the Orient. Sir T. Herbert. 3. 3. A pearl of great luster. Carlyle.