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Detailed Synonyms for ostiary in English

ostiary:

ostiary [the ~] nom

  1. the ostiary
    – someone who guards an entrance 1
    the porter; the doorman; the doorkeeper; the hall porter; the ostiary; the door guard; the gatekeeper
    – someone who guards an entrance 1
  2. the ostiary
    – the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church 1
    the doorkeeper; the ostiarius; the ostiary
    – the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church 1

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Related Definitions for "ostiary":

  1. someone who guards an entrance1
  2. the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church1