ostiary
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Os·ti·a·ry n.; pl. -ries
1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.]
2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
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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, ostiarius]
2: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman,
door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper]