ostiary : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ostiary	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ostiary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ostiary n the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church Synonym(s): doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius someone who guards an entrance Synonym(s): doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ostiary \Os"tiary\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ostium door, entrance. See {Usher}.] 1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. --N. Bacon.