OSTIARY
Dictionary entry overview: What does ostiary mean?
• OSTIARY (noun)
The noun OSTIARY has 2 senses:
1. the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
2. someone who guards an entrance
Familiarity information: OSTIARY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OSTIARY (noun)
Meaning:
The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ostiarius; ostiary; doorkeeper
Hypernyms ("ostiary" is a kind of...):
clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
Holy Order; Order ((usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy)
Meaning:
Someone who guards an entrance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
door guard; doorman; hall porter; porter; ostiary; gatekeeper; doorkeeper
Hypernyms ("ostiary" is a kind of...):
guard (a person who keeps watch over something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ostiary"):
commissionaire (a uniformed doorman)
night porter (a porter on duty during the night)
ticket collector; ticket taker (someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets)
