oriant
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin oriens, orientem.
Noun[edit]
oriant oblique singular, m (nominative singular orianz or oriantz)
- Orient (the East)
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Marie l'Egypcienne:
- Lors c'est vers oriant tornee
- When she turned herself towards the Orient