ostiary, n.
(ostiaries)
(ostiaries)
someone who guards an entrance
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
door guard doorkeeper doorman gatekeeper hall porter ostiary porter
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
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doorkeeper ostiarius ostiary
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