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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ostiary \os"tiary\, n.; pl. -ries. l. ostium door,
entrance. see usher.
1. the mouth of a river; an estuary. r. --sir t. browne.
1913 webster
2. one who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a
porter. --n. bacon.
1913 webster
see also:
-ries usher
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ostiary
n 1: the lowest of the minor holy orders in the unreformed
western church but now suppressed by the roman catholic
church syn: doorkeeper, ostiarius
2: someone who guards an entrance syn: doorkeeper, doorman,
door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper
see also:
doorkeeper ostiarius doorman door guard hall porter porter
gatekeeper
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