ostiary

os·ti·ar·y

O0144000 (ŏs′tē-ĕr′ē)n. pl. os·ti·ar·ies 1. Roman Catholic Church One who is ordained in the lowest of the former minor orders.2. A church doorkeeper.

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[Middle English hostiary, from Latin ōstiārius, doorkeeper, from ōstium, door, from ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots.]

ostiary

(ˈɒstɪərɪ) n, pl -aries (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church another word for porter²⁴[C15: from Latin ostiārius doorkeeper, from ostium door]

ostiary

1. a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders in Roman Catholicism.
2. a doorkeeper of a church.See also: Catholicism

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ostiary - the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Churchostiarius, doorkeeperclergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian ChurchHoly Order, Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
	2.	ostiary - someone who guards an entrance door guard, doorman, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, doorkeepercommissionaire - a uniformed doormanguard - a person who keeps watch over something or someonenight porter - a porter on duty during the nightticket collector, ticket taker - someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets