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Definition of ostiary

someone who guards an entrance
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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