1. the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church; [syn: doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ostiarius
n 1: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed
Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic
Church [syn: doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius]