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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]

2. someone who guards an entrance;
[syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ostiary \Os"ti*a*ry\, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, ostiary, ostiarius] 2: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]