ostiary

Other forms: ostiaries

Definitions of ostiary

1. noun

   the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
   synonyms: doorkeeper, ostiarius

   type of:

   clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend

   a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of a Christian church

   Holy Order, Order

   (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
2. noun

   someone who guards an entrance
   synonyms: door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, porter

   types:

   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 purchased tickets

   type of:

   guard

   a person who keeps watch over something or someone