ostiary
1Ostiary — 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] …
2ostiary — [äs′tē er΄ē] n. pl. ostiaries [L ostiarius < ostium, door, entrance < os, mouth: see ORAL] PORTER1 …
3ostiary — /os tee er ee/, n., pl. ostiaries. 1. Also called doorkeeper, porter. Rom. Cath. Ch. a. a member of the lowest ranking of the four minor orders. b. the order itself. Cf. acolyte (def. 2), exorcist (def. 2) …
4ostiary — os·ti·ary …
5ostiary — /ˈɒstiəri/ (say osteeuhree) noun (plural ostiaries) 1. a doorkeeper, as of a church. 2. Also, porter. Roman Catholic Church (formerly) a member of one of the four minor orders. See order (def. 17). {Middle English, from Latin ostiārius… …
6ostiary — n. door keeper, especially of church …
7ostiary — noun 1. the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church • Syn: ↑doorkeeper, ↑ostiarius • Hypernyms: ↑clergyman, ↑reverend, ↑man of the cloth, ↑Holy Order, ↑ …
8-ries — 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] …
9Ostiarius — An ostiarius, a Latin word sometimes anglicized as Ostiary but often literally translated as porter or doorman, originally was a servant or guard posted at the entrance of a building. See also gatekeeper. In the Roman Catholic Church, this porter …
10Porter (Doorkeeper) — Porter, doorkeeper † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Porter (Also called DOORKEEPER. From ostiarius, Lat. ostium, a door.) Porter denoted among the Romans the slave whose duty it was to guard the entrance of the house. In the Roman period …
