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

 

Hyponyms: commissionaire, night porter, ticket collector, ticket taker

 

 
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